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Lancashire-Liverpool-1898

CBTM:
19248
Map Date:
? 1898
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS L (Acc.14653)
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Bootle, Liverpool
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ342905
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3691
Map title:
'Plan of Liverpool by John Bartholemew F.R.G.S.'
Comments on map:
A good example of the later type of street-oriented map, with no ordinary buildings, and almost complete absence of industry. (Dating from Manchester Central Library catalogue.)
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S. [author, pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
84.7 x 52.1 [83.3 x 50.6 within neat line].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
transport: Railways red (including solid red where they run in tunnels), tram and bus routes 'brown'.
Colouring:
water, boundaries, land-use, transport.: Parks, cemeteries, squares, etc green.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, lighthouses, misc: Entry locks, named docks, Tide Gauge Ho, Clock Tower, Tobacco Warehouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Mix of dedications and descriptions, and 'Chu' and 'Cha'; Convent.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: Very few schools shown.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML 3200 (14) [1870: pb Abel Heywood]; CUL Maps.c.68.88.3, Liverpool RO H 912 1886 [EKF-L.141] [1886: pb W.H. Smith]; Merseyside Museum MDHB Town Maps & Plans (Folded Mezz Row B) [c.1890-1900: pb W.H. Smith]; BLML Maps 3.a.75, BOL C17:70 Liverpool (2), CUL Maps 68.89.10 [1895: pb W.H. Smith]; Manchester Central Library L [1898: pub Bartholomew]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1899 [1899: pub Bartholomew] [EKF-L.155]; BLML Maps 2.aa.54 [1900, extended: pub Bartholomew].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, ship yards, timber
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks: Numerous, not named.
Road transport:
bus routes
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring
Ferries:
ferry: [Nine ferries across the Mersey].
Cemeteries:
shown: Episcopal, R.C. and Nonconformist chapels and catacombs in Anfield Park Cemetery.
Street tramways:
routes 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
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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