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Lancashire-Liverpool-1835

CBTM:
19269
Map Date:
1835
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS ff.912.4272.L6, fol.21
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 Liverpool with the recent improvements to 1835.'
Comments on map:
This looks like a close imitation of Exeter 19251. The '5' in the date looks like an alteration.
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
G. Bradshaw, St Mary's Gate, Manchester [eng], J. & J. Mawdsley successors to J. Gore & Son Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.5 x 29.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Includes a Floating Chapel, in Kings Dock.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [North Battery].
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
EKF-L.72: Liverpool RO Hf 912 1834 [EKF-L.72]; Manchester Central Library 'S'; BLML Maps 3200(7) [1835].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, metallurgical processing, rope walk, timber, misc: Coal Yards, Muspratts Chimney [is this to do with the lead works about half a mile away by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal?].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Proposed tunnel to Lime Street.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: Rotunda.
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Borders:
keyboard type
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelson, George III].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
some inns
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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