Lancashire-Manchester-1857
CBTM:
19632
Map Date:
? 1857
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3215 (14)
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:
[On cover:] 'The picture map of Manchester, and strangers' illustrated guide to the principal thoroughfares, exhibitions, public buildings, post and money order offices, omnibus routes, railway stations, &c, &c.' [On map:] 'The picture map of Manchester.'
Comments on map:
For J. Perrin, The Manchester handbook, 1857. Principal streets & buildings only; pictorial buildings, sometimes upside down, and pictorial locomotives on railways (all same 2-2-2 design).
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
W. Morton, 2 Essex St, King St [eng], Hale & Roworth, 45 King St, Manchester, Whittaker & Co., London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.2 x 37.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
transport.: Omnibus routes & railway stations.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Most public buildings pictorial.
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Money Order Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Education and academic:
schools: Includes Chetham's.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3215(14), CUL Ll.16.115.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, misc: Art Treasures [sic].
Service and professional:
newspaper offices
Road transport:
bus routes
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, misc: German Club [not pictorial].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Nunnery.
Ordnance Survey's
1844-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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