Lancashire-Manchester-1886 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19634

Map Date:

? 1886

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3215 (16)

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:

'John Heywood's pictorial map of Manchester and Salford, with views of the principal public buildings, churches, railway stations, &c., and showing the entire railway system of the district.'

Comments on map:

Main streets and buildings only: rather similar to the Liverpool pictorial map [Exeter 19622], but this one has letterpress reference on bottom, and advertisements on the back, one of which quotes a testimoial of March 1886; n.d., BM RD (blue) 21 Oct 1886. (Another advertises worm cakes, which seem to be for humans.)

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

John Heywood [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

69.2 x 53.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries, Reference system, land-use, transport., other: Open spaces green, different tints for Manchester and Salford, tramways and jubilee exhibition in red.

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks: Ship canal docks [pecked only].

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, internal revenue

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, misc: YMCA.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: [Chetham's wholly omitted].

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3215(16), BOL C17:70 Manchester (2), CUL Maps.68.88.5.

Industry:

abbatoirs

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries

Miscellaneous:

[No gaol or workhouse].

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office, post offices

Reference system:

squaring

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range, publisher of map: John Heywood's printing and furniture works, and his other establishments, also a few other named premises.

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560