Lancashire-Manchester-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18535

Map Date:

1873

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS L (Acc. 14832)

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:

'Post Office map of Manchester, and Salford. 1873'.

Comments on map:

For Post Office Directory. Numerous streets without buildings, especially in Moss Side and part of Salford.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

F. Bryan, 18 Northumberland St, London W.C. [eng], J.M. Johnson & Sons, Steam & Chromo Printers, 56 Hatton Garden, E.C. [pr], Kelly & Co. Post Office Directory Office, 51 Gt Queen Street, London, W.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

72.7 x 61.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs: [Slate Wharf].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: [School for Deaf & Dumb; the Hospital is Chetham's].

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

gymnasia, race courses, sports grounds: [Gymnasium for Boys, Gymnasium for Girls on south side of Philips Park, on east side of map].

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts., township: [Central postal district].

Known copies of map:

Lancashire RO [open access], Manchester Central Library L [1873]; CUL Maps.c.68.88.4 [1882.c]; Manchester Central Library L [1894, with tram routes, ward boundaries, central postal & district boundaries]; CUL Maps.aa.68.89.1 [1898]; [Further examples (dates not known) at Salford Local History Library].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, paper/print, furniture/pottery, textiles, uncertain, misc: Railway Carriage Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Extractive activity:

coal

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560