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Lancashire-Liverpool-1824

CBTM:
18762
Map Date:
1824
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 54.b.33, Manchester Central Library LS S (Acc.30721), TNA [PRO] T72/10 [I]
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:
'Liverpool and its environs engraved from an actual survey made by William Swire in 1823 and 1824 for the History, Directory & Gazetteer of Lancashire.'
Comments on map:
Scale seems to be 1:10,080.
Scale:
1:10,080
Map-maker:
William Swire [sv], Neele & Son, 352 Strand [eng], William Wales & Co, Castle Street, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.7 x 41.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries: With [ecclesiastical] 'districts' identified by number.
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, other: Coal Yards.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Tobacco Warehouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works: [Both Coal and Oil gas works].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Including the floating chapel.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
district/division, township: [These are listed bottom left].
Known copies of map:
BOL (E)C17:70 Liverpool (11), CUL 6.82.7, Lancashire RO SRL/A21, DP 175, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1824 [10 copies] [EKF-L.61], Manchester Central Library 'S'; ? Manchester Central Library Archives L1/59/14/7; Preston-Harris; TNA [PRO] T72/10; TNA [PRO] T72/10 [1831-2 MS, with revision]; BOL G.A.Lancs.4o 354, CUL 6.96.564 [book at 475.4.c.95.35-], Lancashire RO SRL/A21 [1969: E.J. Morten].
Industry:
ship yards, rope walk, timber
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, misc: Rotunda, Circus.
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Town Hall & Exchange Buildings. Below are the seals of the dock trustees and the Liverpool Exchange: on the right is the seal of the corporation; bottom right, inset, is 'A Mapp of Leverpoole 1720': no scale.
Borders:
decorative: Restrained abstract decoration.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [Statue of George III, Nelsons Mont].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
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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