Lancashire-Liverpool-1821
CBTM:
19496
Map Date:
1821
Repository reference:
Crosby Library LS M507
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Liverpool
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ342905
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3691
Map title:
'A plan of the town and township of Liverpool with the environs, 1821. Note. The township of Everton surveyed by W.S. Sherwood.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photographic copy. Not the same as the Gore maps [Exeter 19267-8]. Inset is 'Plan of Liverpool 1725', c.1:10,560, 13.2 x 10.8 cm.
Scale:
1:5760
Map-maker:
W.S. Sherwood [sv, ? author], J.H. Franks, Commutation Row, Liverpool [eng], J. Gore, Castle St, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
80.2 x 50.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Life Boat.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
ecclesiastical districts, township
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3200(5) [1821]; Crosby Library M.507, UC [1821: photocopy]; BLML Maps 3200 (20) [1825]; CUL Maps.c.68.82.6 [1829].
Industry:
chemicals, glass, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, timber, misc: Coal Yards, Charcoal Works.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, theatres, etc, misc: Circus.
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelsons Monument].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
The engraver's name and address are on a small 'scroll', bottom right.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping: [Cattle Penns: out of town].
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1847-8
1:1056
1:10,560
1864
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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