Lancashire-Liverpool-1841
CBTM:
19273
Map Date:
? 1841
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS ff.912.4272.L6, fol.26
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.'
Comments on map:
Date '1841' is written on in a contemporary hand. Looks like a smaller-scale imitation of Exeter 18475. Some very fine engraving, e.g. 'St. Nicholas Ch.', which is not readily legible without a lens.
Scale:
1:16,896
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
29.2 x 21.9
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Named; Tobacco Warehouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Other emphasised buildings might be other churches.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs: Various buildings emphasised but not described, which might be public buildings or churches: does include new custom house, tide surveyor's office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: ['Fortress': other maps call it North Battery].
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Known copies of map:
Manchester Central Library LS ff.912.4272.L6, fol.26; BL 10349.e.6(1) [f.t.p. in Smith's strangers' guide to Liverpool... for 1842, Liverpool: Benjamin Smith].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
zoological gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right is a vignette of a lighthouse and fort, different from Exeter 18475, but perhaps also 'Black Rock'; at the bottom are profiles of notable buildings, similar to Exeter 18475, but not the same selection: scale 1:4200.
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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