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Lancashire-Manchester-1804

CBTM:
19204
Map Date:
1804
Repository reference:
Manchester CL LS S [Acc. 14794]
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:
'A plan of Manchester and Salford, with the latest improvements.'
Comments on map:
Originally for The Manchester Guide, Manchester: Joseph Aston, 1804.
Scale:
1:9504*
Map-maker:
Joseph Aston, Manchester [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.1 x 22.2
Legends:
Buildings: Note distinguishing shading of buildings built before and after 1770.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Lee.17: BOL G.A.Lancs 8o 38, Lancashire RO SRL/E02, LSR/E02, Manchester Central Library S [1804]; CUL Maps.c.68.96.19 [Reproduction, from The Amateur Historian, Winter 1963].
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Vague suggestion of mills and collegiate church 'underneath' oval surround to title.
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1844-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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