Lancashire-Liverpool-1864
CBTM:
19488
Map Date:
1864
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1864, Hf 912 1865, Hf 912 1881, Hf 912 1888, Hf 912 1895, Hf 912 1897, Hf 912 1900; Crosby Library M.246 RD
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:
'Mawdsley's map of the town port and environs of Liverpool based on the Ordnance Survey and specially revised and corrected to the present time by T.B. Ryder, Land Surveyor &c. 1864.'
Comments on map:
The original map described here is confined to the 1835 municipal boundary. Most buildings are identified by numbered references.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen, London, W.C. [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
73.2 x 43.7
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: Cattle Slips [landings], Landing Stages, Customs Depot.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Licensed Victuallers Institute, Night Asylum for Houseless Poor.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
No.117,118,122,124,127,128,131,140,142,144-6,151,153,154,157 in E. Kay Farr list. Liverpool RO Hf 912 1864 [EKF-L.117] [1864]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1865 [EKF-L.118] [1865, with postal districts]; Manchester Central Library 914.272 L1 [1868] [Microfilm]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1872 [EKF-L.122] [1872]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1873 [EKF-L.124] [1873]; Manchester Central Library 914.272 L1 [1874]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1876 [EKF-L.127] [1876]; CUL Maps.18.G.1 [1879]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1880 [EKF-L.128] [1880, as basis of Clement Dunscombe (boro' engineer), Borough of Liverpool]; Liverpool RO H 912 1881 [EKF-L.131] [1881]; Liverpool RO H 912 1884 [EKF-L.137] [1884]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1885 [EKF-L.140] ['incomplete'] [1885]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1888 [EKF-L.142] [1888];Liverpool RO Hf 912 1889 [another copy, boxed with Mawdesley's map of Bootle & suburbs, based on Ordnance Survey, 6'', 16 x 18'', 'Labelled Liverpool Directory 1889
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, glass, ship yards, rope walk, timber
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, art galleries: 'Places of amusement' in the reference.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Borders:
keyboard type
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelson, Wellington, George III, two to Huskinson].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring, distance circles: 0.5 mile circles from town hall.
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
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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