Lancashire-Manchester-1820 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19289

Map Date:

1.7.1820

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS L

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 of the parish of Manchester in the county of Lancaster, from a survey made in the years 1818 and 1819; by William Johnson.'

Comments on map:

A large-scale topographic map rather than a town-map: no fields; blocks complete in built-up area, but little in the way of churches and public buildings.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

William Johnson, Faulkner Street, Manchester [sv, pb], J. & G.J. Pickett, Bridgwater Square, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

123 x 107 [mounted as one].

Number of parts:

4

Legends:

general legend

Road names:

partly: Out of built-up area.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, township

Known copies of map:

Lee.30: BLML Maps 183.p.2(2), Cheshire RO DET/1424/50, Manchester RO K/9, Lancashire RO DDBe 9, Manchester Central Library M, q912.4273 J1, Chetham Library Office, Glass Cupboard, Shelf One, 8; Manchester Central Library L, Stockport L/754-L/756 [1838]; Stockport A/750-A/753 [photocopies]; Tameside L912 [photocopies of various sections]; BOL (E)17:70 Manchester (48), CUL Atlas.2.96.67 [1819/1969: in Manchester facs].

Industry:

textiles: [Several print works].

Borders:

keyboard type

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits: [Include lime pits].

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560