Lancashire-Liverpool-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18475

Map Date:

1.9.1836

Repository reference:

R.G.S. 7.H.14

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 reduced by permission from Mr Gage's elaborate survey, Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.'

Comments on map:

For Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol II, London: Chapman & Hall, 1844, as map 184. The main map has two scales: 'English ... Miles', and 'French ... Metres', (3.66 cm: 500 metres).

Scale:

1:14,400

Map-maker:

T. Starling [dr, eng, pr], Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34.0 x 28.1

Number of parts:

2

Colouring:

water, boundaries, land-use: Cemeteries.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Numerous named docks; Steam Packet Office, Dock Police Station.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Undescribed shaded buildings may be yet more churches.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Fortress, at north end of docks].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, uncertain: Possibly borough?

Known copies of map:

CUL *** [atlas], Maps.bb.18.G.54, Maps.d.18.G.92, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1836 [7 copies]; H 912 1836 [folded copy] (L.78); [1840: f.t.p. in The stanger's pocket guide through Liverpool..., Liverpool: Benj. Smith, n.d. [c.1840]; RGS 7.H.14 [513107] [1840/1844]; Manchester Central Library ff 912.4272 L6; Oldham Archives; BOL 2027 b.37 [1847, pb Charles Knight & Co.]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992]; [1997: included in Melville C. Branch, An atlas of rare city maps, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997].

Industry:

metallurgical processing, uncertain, rope walk, timber

Railways:

routes, passenger stations: All in tunnel.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

At top of map are 'View of Liverpool in 1729', Black Rock lighthouse, and, on 'curling paper', 'Plan of Liverpool in the Year 1729.': at bottom are 15 comprative elevations of notable buildings.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

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