Lancashire-Manchester-1829
CBTM:
19214
Map Date:
1829
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS M [acc.14771]
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 new plan of Manchester & Salford with their vicinities taken from actual survey embracing every recent improvement.'
Comments on map:
Evidently independent of Exeter 19206, but very close in style and engraving: engraved on steel.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
Pigot & Son, Manchester [eng, pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
55.0 x 40.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, Reference system: The distance-circles; noted that the letters therein refer to a separate street-list.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools: Includes Chetham's.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, misc: Police divisions; 'The General Post free of additional charge'
Known copies of map:
[Lee.44,45,48,54,57,58,61,62,65]: New plan of M & S from actual survey & every recent improvement: Pigot versions (he died 1843): pub in Pigot's alphabetical list of streets, and his General Directory for 1829, 21 x 15'', engr on steel
Railways:
routes: Liverpool and Manchester Railway, on western edge only.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Above title: Brittania (with one breast showing) holds the town arms in one hand and a lance in the other; lion and sea with ship to right, anchor, barrel and ? box behind Britannia, and to left putti leaning on beehive with cornucopia, and another with Mercury's hat and two snakes entwinned around a pipe, pointing to a bale.
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Exchange forms background to title.
Symbolic elements:
Brittania, town arms, lance, lion, sea with ship, anchor, barrel, box, putti, beehive, cornucopia, Mercury's hat, two entwinned snakes: around title.
Reference system:
distance circles: 0.25-mile circles and radiating lines, with lettered divisions.
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
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