Lancashire-Liverpool-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19622

Map Date:

? 1885

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3200 (17)

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:

'The pictorial map of Liverpool, showing at a glance the principal buildings and places of interest.'

Comments on map:

No attribution note, but style is similar to the Manchester map [Exeter 19634], issued by John Heywood. Public, etc, buildings shown in bird's eye elevation. Neatly executed, but perhaps of questionable use on the ground, due to the usual crowding problem.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

58.5 x 42.5

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, lighthouses, misc: Engine House (with tower), Albert Warehouse, Landing Stage; ships in dock.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Gas Company's Office.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative: [Police Courts].

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, sailors

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

gymnasia

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3200 (17), BOL C17:70 Liverpool (18), CUL Maps.68.88.1.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [A number of named office blocks, e.g. Syke's Establishment, Cook & Townshend's Establishment].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

sports: [Racket Club].

Monuments:

statues, (pictorial)

Cemeteries:

shown: With tombstones and chapels.

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