Lancashire-Manchester-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19232

Map Date:

28.02.1858

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS L [Acc.14821]

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 the City of Manchester and its neighbourhood from an accurate survey on the scale of 12 inches to the mile corrected to March 1858...'

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

Day & Son, London [lith], George Simms, 16 St Anns Square [? pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

121 x 183

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: Very few schools shown.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.b.68.85.1, Manchester Central Library L.

Industry:

metallurgical processing: One example only; conspicuous lack of industry.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Carriage and engine depot.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Site of Art Treasures Exhibition.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, misc: Union Club.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

The merchants and manufacturers of Lancashire.

Miscellaneous religious group:

Nunnery.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560