Lancashire-Manchester-1863 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19891

Map Date:

? 1863

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/81

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 Salford. From the Ordnance and other authentic surveys.'

Comments on map:

Printed in sepia rather than in black. Though my dating is '?1863', it is notable that it still shows the Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

B.R. Davies, 16 George Str., Euston Sq. N.W. [dr, eng], Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen [lith], Weekly Dispatch Atlas, 139 Fleet St [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

43.0 x 32.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: In built-up part numerous churches and other buildings are cross-hatched but not described.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills: The one by the river-loop.

Canals:

shown, warehousing, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates: In built-up area several are cross-hatched but not described [e.g. Friends Meeting house in Mount St].

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, misc: [Municipal & Parliamentary boundary].

Known copies of map:

CUL Atlas.3.86.6.

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Size Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways, misc: Carriage & Engine Depot.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, misc: Art Treasures Exhibition.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal

Symbolic elements:

Weekly Dispatch 'Mercury' and hemisphere logo above title.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560