Lancashire-Manchester-1808 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20079

Map Date:

1808

Repository reference:

Lancashire RO DP 327

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 1808.'

Comments on map:

Rather rough engraving.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

J. Pigot [dr, eng], R. & W. Dean, Manchester [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34.0 x 28.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some emphasised buildings not described.

Canals:

shown, wharf

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools: [Chetham's].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Lee's no.20. Lancashire RO DP 327 [1808]; Manchester Central Library S, [1813, in the 1813 Directory: Lee.27] [not found, 21:6:01]; SRL/A21 [1813/15].

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

pictorial 'realistic': Title on oval, with view of town with churches with tower and spire to left, and factory with smoking chimney and sacks in foreground to right.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560