Lancashire-Liverpool-1861 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19453

Map Date:

1861

Repository reference:

Liverpool Record Office Hf 912 1644

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Liverpool

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ342905

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 3691

Map title:

'Historical map of Lyrpole, from a very curious plan originally in the possession of Mr. Leland the antiquarian, Ann.Dom. 1539 with the fortifications as they appeared at the time of the seige 1644.'

Comments on map:

Dubious in the extreme: below the title is a reference to the fortifications. 'Copyed from the original map by J. Butler 1861', bottom left.

Scale:

1:3960*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.5 x 36.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: 'Below this perch all the filth from the town was cast into the river' [pictorial perch].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: Includes batteries and intrenchments.

Known copies of map:

No.13 in E. Kay Farr list. Lancashire RO SRL/A15, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1644 (reduced copy: P & SP: Maps) [EKF-L.13].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Waterbodies:

shown

Crosses:

multiple crosses, named, (pictorial)

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