Lancashire-Liverpool-1833
CBTM:
19251
Map Date:
1833
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library ff.912.4272.L.6, fol.20
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 from an actual survey made in the year 1833'.
Comments on map:
Includes reference to area in square yards of each dock, and the lineal lengths of the quays, also in yards. Combined reference to 'Churches, Chapels and Schools', which enables denominational schools to be readily related to their churches. H. Austin is 'delin. et direx. 1833'.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
H. Austin [author], J. & A. Walker [eng], Thomas Taylor, 31 Castle St & 73 Church St, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.0 x 34.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, sanitation: 'Water Reservoirs and Pumps'.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (symbol): By post-1887 OS-style pictogram symbol: two, one by the Leeds & Liverpool canal, the other a little to the west.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Docks named; Locks, Sheds, Tobacco Warehouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, lamps, reservoirs, misc: Pumps, Gas Lamp [in Hay Market].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Some by cross: see reference.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [North Battery].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: 'Boundaries', 'Districts': seem to be borough and townships.
Known copies of map:
EKF-L.69, 70, 71, 79: Liverpool RO Hf 912 1832 [EKF-L.69] [1832]; CUL Maps.D.68.83.1,Maps.D.68.83.2 [1833]; BLML Maps 3200(6) [1833]; Liverpool RO P&SP:Maps (reduced photo) [EKF-L.70] [1833]; BLML 3200(9); Liverpool RO Hf 912 1834 [EKF-L.71] [1834: c.6.75'', 19 x 13'']; [1837] Liverpool RO Hf 912 1837 [EKF-L.79].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk, timber, misc: Coal Yard, Muspratts Chimney [circular: by Leeds & Liverpool Canal].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines, misc: Moorish arch and chimneys at Edge Hill; one tunnel rather than two thence to docks, etc, but shows intended line to Lime St.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, misc: Rotunda.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, zoological gardens
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
(1) Below title: Custom House; (2) at the bottom of the map: 'Geometrical sectional view of the line of docks, from north to south, taken through the dotted line A.B.'.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
statues: [Geo.III].
Reference system:
CS
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
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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