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Lancashire-Manchester-1857

CBTM:
19230
Map Date:
? 1857
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS M (Acc.14813)
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:
'Map of Manchester and Salford with their vicinities'.
Comments on map:
Dated '1857' by Manchester Central Library: reaches out as far as, but does not show, the Fine Arts Exhibition [cf Exeter 19231]. Style suggests Ordnance Survey imitation.
Scale:
1:17,358
Map-maker:
J.H. Micklem & Co., Booksellers, Stationers, &c., 11 Market St, Manchester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
58.6 x 41.7 [overall: map 41.2 x 35.2].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Several buildings emphasised, but not named or described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
Manchester Central Library M [? 1857]; BLML Maps 3214(6) [1860].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, furniture/pottery, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Reference system:
squaring
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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