Lancashire-Manchester-1878 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19226

Map Date:

? 1878

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS S (Acc.14851)

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:

'Bacon's map of Manchester corrected to the present time.'

Comments on map:

Dated by railway information, from the inclusion of Manchester Central (1877), but the exclusion of the Midland line from Stockport (1880). Street index down sides on all three copies.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

G.W. Bacon, 127 Strand, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.2 x 36.2 [overall: map 47.0 x 34.3].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, transport: Railways.

Colouring:

boundaries, land-use: Parks.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

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

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Manchester Central Library S ['1860']; Oldham Archives; Manchester Central Library M [1878, parliamentary & municipal boundaries]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: Pl 81 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: p.81 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; BOL C15 c.3 [1885: Pl 82 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; BOL C15 c.1 [1889: Pl 87 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring, distance circles: 0.5-mile circles.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560