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Lancashire-Liverpool-1868

CBTM:
19621
Map Date:
26.10.1868
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3200 (13)
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:
'Syers's ready reference & cab fare plan of Liverpool.'
Comments on map:
Scale measured as about 4.1 inches to 1 mile. Note in red, bottom centre, below city arms, to allow 4 hexagons to 1 mile in calculating distance, thereby allowing for the winding of the streets. Letterpress reference to churches and public buildings, but not to streets. Clean and efficient-looking map. Map date is that at which it was said to be entered at Stationers' Hall.
Scale:
1:15,600
Map-maker:
Llewellyn Syers, 11 Oriel Close, 14A Water St, Liverpool [sic] [dr, lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
54.0 x 41.8 [overall: map 52.5 x 26.7 maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Symbols for Churches & Chapels (black rectangle), Baths (open rectangle), Educational Institutions (asterisk), Charitable Institutions (black circle), Public Buildings (shaded), Railway Stations (heavy shading), Markets (4 touching crosses), also Public Cab Stands (red circle), and explanation of the hexagons.
Colouring:
boundaries, other: Red overprint of distance-hexagons, and tinting for townships.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Landing Stages.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, postal districts., township, Ward
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3200 (13), BOL C17:70 Liverpool (29), CUL Maps.68.86.2.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Road transport:
cab stands
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring, other: Both 0.475-inch squaring and 4-to-a-mile hexagons, overprinted in red.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
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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