Lancashire-Liverpool-1857
CBTM:
19471
Map Date:
[1857]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CIL Atlas.4.86.7, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1851
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:
In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin (ed), The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d.: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257].
Scale:
1:16,280
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr & engr illns], John Tallis & Co., London & New York [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.0 x 35.5 [overall: map 44.7 x 20.5].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised, but few described: many of the anonymous ones are churches and chapels.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Landing Stage.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
No.99 in E. Kay Farr list. BLML Maps 25.a.2, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1851, Merseyside Museum DX/265 [EKF-L.99: 1857.c]; RGS Eng & Wales S.673 [Whitehall Press, ?1978].
Industry:
textiles, timber
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At top of map is Liverpool from Birkenhead: centre bottom are two vignettes of ships: elsewhere are the Custom House, Sailors Home, and St Georges Hall.
Borders:
decorative
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [With Neptune and mermaid supporters].
Towers:
clock tower
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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