Lancashire-Manchester-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19636

Map Date:

? 1851

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3215 (9)

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 the boroughs of Manchester and Salford, and of the townships and country round, extending three miles from the Exchange, by Isaac Slater, National Directory Office, Manchester. Engraved on steel plates.'

Comments on map:

Undated: BM RD (blue) 8 Oc 1851. Detailed depiction of township boundaries no doubt courtesy of the Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:7920*

Map-maker:

Isaac Slater, National Directory Office, Manchester [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

119.0 x 106.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some emphasised buildings not described.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, infirmaries, workhouses: [Blind Asylum & Deaf & Dumb School].

Education and academic:

schools: Includes Chetham's.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3215(9).

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, lime/cement, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Spindle Works.

Railways:

routes, sidings, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Carriage & Engine Depot at Longsight. Sidings indicated conventionally by line-and-bar symbol. Some archaisms, e.g. Manchester & Leeds Railway.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Extractive activity:

coal

Post and telegraphs:

post offices: [Post Office at Cheetham].

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milestones, graduated in thirds of a mile.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560