Lancashire-Liverpool-1887
CBTM:
19040
Map Date:
[1887]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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:
'Liverpool.'
Comments on map:
In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 331, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 324, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 324, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 328. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]
Scale:
1:14,500
Map-maker:
Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.5 x 15.4
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads: Both buildings and road casings are on brown plate.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks: In detail.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, sailors, workhouses, misc: YMCA, Medical Inst.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
gymnasia
Known copies of map:
BL 10108.d.13, 10108.ccc.15 [1887]; BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 331, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 324, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 324, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 328].
Industry:
ship yards, abbatoirs
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
working mens
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 2.75 cm squaring.
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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