Lancashire-Manchester-1824
CBTM:
19630
Map Date:
1824
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 54.b.33
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 and its environs, engraved from an actual survey made in 1824, by William Swire, Leeds, for the History, Directory and Gazetteer of Lancashire, by Edwd. Baines.'
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
William Swire, Leeds [sv], Franks & Johnson, Leeds [eng], W. Wales & Co., Castle St, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
51.3 x 41.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works: Including Portable Gas Works.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools: Includes Chetham's.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
ecclesiastical districts, township
Known copies of map:
Lee's no.41: BOL (E)C17:70 Manchester (16), CUL 6.82.7, CUL Maps.d.18.G.53, Lancashire RO SRL/A21, DP 175, Sheffield Archives WWM MP67; RGS Eng & Wales S/S 103; Preston-Harris; BLML Maps 54.b.33, BOL G.A.Lancs 4o 354, CUL 6.96.564 [book at 475.4.c.95.35-], Lancashire RO SRL/A21 [E.J.Morten, 1969]; Trafford map 36 [reduced copy]; Chetham Map Box 'C' Press-white cardboard box, 24.
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Diorama.
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Manchester from Ordsall; top right: 'From the Royal Hotel'; bottom right: 'Plan of Manchester and Salford taken about A.D.1650', from an original in possession of William Yates, Esq.
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
coal
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, misc: Arms are: Manchester; Chetham arms; Salford Hundred; seal of Christ's College.
Ordnance Survey's
1844-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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