Lancashire-Manchester-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18494

Map Date:

[1857]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas 4.86.7

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:

'Manchester and its environs'.

Comments on map:

In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257].

Scale:

1:11,250

Map-maker:

J. Rapkin [dr, eng], W .Watkins [dr & engr illns], John Tallis & Company, London & New York [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.7 x 36.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings emphasised but not described.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2 [1860.c], Manchester Central Library S ['Rapkin 1860'], Manchester RO BB/44; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Miscellaneous:

Lines with crossbars [like railway sidings] are problematic.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Around map: seven vignettes of notable buildings.

Borders:

decorative

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560