Lancashire-Manchester-1803 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19628

Map Date:

1803

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3215 (21)

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Manchester, Salford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ840980

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 8699

Map title:

'Plan von Manchester und Saalford in England. Weimar, Im Verlage des Geograph. Instituts, 1803.'

Comments on map:

Text in German, except for the street names. Rather basic: main interest is the thorough translation of names where possible, though 'Street' is retained.

Scale:

1:7200

Map-maker:

Geograph. Instituts, Weimar [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

44.7 x 36.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Including 'Neue Versamlungshaus der Quaker' (the present one, then on the edge of the built-up area).

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools: Includes Chetham's.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3215(21) [1804]; BLML Maps 3215(5) [1809: Geograh. Inst, Weimar]; CUL Maps.bb.68.81.1 [1810: pub at Prag].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560