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Lancashire-Liverpool-1884

CBTM:
19489
Map Date:
? 1884
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1884
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:
'Lewis's map of Liverpool, published with Lewis's handy guide to Liverpool and neighbourhood, for the small sum of one penny.'
Comments on map:
The map is a good demonstration of how omitting building infill enables names to be written in situ, without resort to reference, though admittedly building etc descriptions are rather few by standards of other maps.
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72.0 x 46.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Timber Stores, Landing Stage.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Other buildings in black which are undescribed are probably non-Anglican. Used with a guide-book this might make sense, if one is looking for a particular building in a given street.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, sailors, workhouses: [S.Home: sic].
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
No.136 in E. Kay Farr list. Liverpool RO Hf 912 1884 [EKF-L.136].
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations: This suggests derivation from Mawdsley/Wrennall or Philip.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left, about 18.0 x 13.5 cm, balancing the title opposite: 'Lewis's good house of business in Ranelagh Street.', with clock at 11.47, six pennants from turrets all with 'Lewis', 'Lewis's' repeated fifteen times on fascia, etc, and, above the main entrance, ''Lewis's are the friends of the people
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Retail activity:
publisher of map: [Lewis's [black block, reversed out, by Central Station]].
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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