Lancashire-Manchester-1807 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18407

Map Date:

1.4.1807

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

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:

'Manchester & Salford'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England & Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810. Map is less detailed in the more built-up parts.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Thornton [sv], J. Roper [eng], J. Britton [dir].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.1 x 21.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges: [Chetham's].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17 c.5, Manchester Central Library B.R.ff.942.72.L.200 [p.12], RGS 7.E.7, Preston-Harris [1807-10]; BOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992]

Industry:

metallurgical processing

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: College Cloisters.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560