Lancashire-Manchester-1865 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19240

Map Date:

? 1865

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS M (Acc. 14826)

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 & Salford

Comments on map:

Numbered '74.' bottom right. Dated 'c.1865' by Manchester Central Library. Presumably from Cassell's serialised atlas. Better-looking than their London map, but still does not raise much enthusiasm. Letterpress description on left-hand side, overlaying some deleted detail: latest date therein is crime statistics for 1863.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Cassell, Petter & Gilpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate, London, E.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

43.7 x 32.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown, wharf

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:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: [Hospital is Chetham's].

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Manchester Central Library M; BOL C15 a.2 [1864-7: pl.74 in Cassell's British Atlas]; CUL Maps.c.68.86.1 [1863.c: Cassell's county maps for road and rail].

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, textiles, timber, misc: Size Works.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Carriage & Engine Depot [the usual one, at Longsight]; signal post [at Ardwick, possibly in sidings].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560