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Lancashire-Liverpool-1847

CBTM:
19469
Map Date:
? 1847
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1847
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Liverpool
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ342905
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3691
Map title:
'Plan of the parish of Liverpool divided into ecclesiastical districts under the sanction of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese'.
Comments on map:
Dating from E. Kay Farr list [no.92]. Letterpress list of districts with rectors down left side. Seems to be new-drawn rather than transferred from an existing map.
Scale:
1:9000
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
44.5 x 27 [overall; map 37.5 x 27.0].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries: Blocks of colour for the various districts.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, lamps, misc: Gas Lamp, Pump [evidently as landmarks, possibly indicating derivation from somebody else's map].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Other black buildings not described.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
No.92 in E. Kay Farr list. Liverpool RO Hf 912 1847 [EKF-L.92].
Industry:
food/drink, metallurgical processing, timber
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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