Lancashire-Liverpool-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21483

Map Date:

? 1850

Repository reference:

BL 10351.a.61(6)

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 new map of Liverpool, with the latest improvements.'

Comments on map:

Facing title of The stanger's complete guide through Liverpool and its environs, Liverpool: Brown, n.d. [BLML 1967 catalogue says 1850: certainly post-1847]. [This also seems to be catalogued as '1868', possibly because has BM 26 MA 68 red RD].

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

T. Brown, 10 Dansie St, Liverpool [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

29.0 x 19.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

landmarks only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, mental, sailors, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

BL 10351.a.61(6).

Industry:

warehousing, timber: [Tobacco Warehouse].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Waterbodies:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

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