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Lancashire-Manchester-1842

CBTM:
20065
Map Date:
1842
Repository reference:
Lancashire RO SRL E02
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 principal streets & railways in Manchester 1842'.
Comments on map:
Adequately described by its title: very exiguous. In B. Love, The Hand-book of Manchester, Manchester: Love & Barton, 1842, f.p.287. The railways in particular extrude from the neat line, suggesting improvised updating.
Scale:
1:25,344*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.0 x 13.5
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
Lancashire RO SRL E02.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Clubs and societies:
unspecified
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Ordnance Survey's
1844-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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