Lancashire-Liverpool-1858
CBTM:
19481
Map Date:
1858
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1858
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Liverpool
Map type:
Sociological
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ342905
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3691
Map title:
'Liverpool ecclesiastical and social by the Revd A. Hume D.C.L.'
Scale:
1:14,400
Map-maker:
Revd. A. Hume, D.C.L. [author], Chaloner & Lawson, 26 John St, Liverpool [lith], Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
55.0 x 43.5
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
diseases, other: Pauper Streets, Semi-pauper Streets (triangles closer and further apart), Streets of Crime & Immorality, Churches (+), Roman Catholic 'Chapels' (capital T), Dissenting Chapels (X) [temporary dittoes are same without infill], Schools (double circles), Church dittoes under inspection (barred double circle), Incumberts (upright rectangle), Curates (longitudinal), Scripture Readers (triangle). Another note says that dots indicate outbreaks of cholera in 1849; a note only on the '13 October' version says that the darkest area 'is peculiarly the region of Violent Deaths'. A further note on the '13 Oct' version only explains how to use the marginal reference system.
Colouring:
health hazards: Moral, social, etc; all have the bishops and town arms coloured.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward, misc: 'Boundary divisions'.
Known copies of map:
No.108 in E. Kay Farr list. BL 8282.bbb.65(3), Centre for Kentish Studies (Maidstone) U.1287.P1 [Eccl & Social], Liverpool RO Hf 912 1858, RGS 26.A.72 [EKF-L.108].
Industry:
timber
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Miscellaneous:
Limits of town in 1650, 1725, 1765, 1785, 1801, 1821, 1841 [on 13 October 1858 version only].
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Inset top left is a much smaller-scale map (about 1:63,360), 'Liverpool showing the locality of pauperism, cholera and violent deaths.'
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal: [Bishop of Liverpool (?)].
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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