Lancashire-Manchester-1832
CBTM:
19290
Map Date:
2.1.1832
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS f.912.4273.T2
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 8691
Map title:
'Bancks & Co.'s plan of Manchester and Salford, with their environs, showing the division of property & the length of each street, from an actual survey by Richard Thornton, commenced under the auspices of his late Majesty and now dedicated by permission to his most gracious majesty, William the fourth.
Comments on map:
Detailed, including privvies or sheds in back yards.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Richard Thornton [sv], J. & A. Walker, London, & 33 Pool Lane, Liverpool [eng], Bancks & Co., Exchange St, Manchester [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
187 x 122 [mounted as one].
Number of parts:
4
Legends:
boundaries, other: Street lengths.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, stables/coach houses, public buildings emphasised: [One or two named stables].
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Quaker M.H. is simply 'Meeting House'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, misc: Manor Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories: [Internal walls shown at New Bailey Prison].
Defence and military:
barracks: [Cook House, Guard House, &c at Barracks are identified].
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, dispensaries, infirmaries, workhouses: [Deaf & Dumb School].
Education and academic:
schools: Includes Chetham's College; the school by St Thomas in Salford has a 'pole' to the east. Suspicious lack of schools in the more built-up part.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets: [A variety of fish, pig, etc, markets, with divisions in Shambles].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
ecclesiastical districts, township
Known copies of map:
Lee.47: BLML Maps 3215(15), BOL C17:70 Manchester d.2, Manchester RO AA/43 [DX 6/1/2], Manchester Central Library f912.4273 T1, f912.4273 T3, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/169-172, Stockport M/1547, Tameside L.912 Sq 1729160 [1828/31]; CUL Maps.68.83.3,1-2 [1832]; Cheshire RO PM/4; Tameside Q.Box 676304 [1831/1983 repro]; Manchester RO K/5 [repro]; Trafford map 34 ['1834': reproduction]; BLML Maps 3215(8) [?1840].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, misc: [Print Works]; Coal Yards.
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Railway Off. in Market St.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: [Some 'marginal' ornament may indicate orchards rather than gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks: [Vauxhall Gardens].
Service and professional:
insurance offices: [Assurance Off.].
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
A few dotted lines for presumably intended streets, but not many.
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
King William IV.
Stated measuerments:
other: Street lengths of more important streets.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1844-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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