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Lancashire-Liverpool-1849

CBTM:
19467
Map Date:
1.1849
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1849
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:
'Plan of the borough of Liverpool, with contour lines at every 4 feet of altitude, compiled by James Newlands Borough Engineer.'
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
James Newlands, Borough Engineers Office, Cornwallis St, Liverpool [author], Maclure, MacDonald & MacGregor, lithographers, draftsmen & engravers, Liverpool, London & Glasgow [lith], Wareing Webb, Castle St, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
98.5 x 61.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
contours: In red.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Tobacco Warehouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates: Numerous are shown in black, but are not described or named.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue, misc: Public Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: [Only one school].
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
No.95 in E. Kay Farr list. CUL Maps.a.18.G.6, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1849 [EKF-L.95], Rolled Plan 10; Rolled Plan 11 [showing progress of the town survey: ?1:264; London Metropolitan Archives MBW 2590; [Crosby Library M.319, BC, may be this: noted as 8 chains].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
contours: Note bottom right that the datum is the Old Dock Sill.
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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