Lancashire-Liverpool-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19479

Map Date:

1860

Repository reference:

Liverpool RO Hf 912 1860

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:

'Map of Liverpool and its environs from authentic sources'.

Comments on map:

This is possibly a modified version of Exeter 19473, but the overpowering fancy border is gone, the letterpress index is now at the sides, and cover has been extended considerably, particularly on the eastern side.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Edward Howell, Church Street [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

73.5 x 42.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Includes Graving Docks; Landing Stages.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates: 'Principal Dissenting Chapels' only.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Welfare and charitable:

blind, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, sailors, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, township: Ecclesiastical districts numbered, but not shown.

Known copies of map:

No.110 in E. Kay Farr list. Liverpool RO Hf 912 1860 [EKF-L.110].

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, glass, ship yards, timber: Not many examples of any of them.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Retains 'Liverpool and Manchester Railway'.

Gardens:

nurseries: With 'garden ornament'.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring

Towers:

clock tower

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Finger Post: at rural road junction.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

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