Lancashire-Manchester-1891
CBTM:
19635
Map Date:
? 1891
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3215 (17)
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 new map of Manchester and Salford. Shewing the new additions to the City of Manchester the Parliamentary and municipal divisions and boundaries'.
Comments on map:
Dreary-looking map: outer parts might be photo'd from Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 1st edition and heavily revised (hedgerow trees are suggestive). Undated; BM RD (blue) 24 Feb 1891.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
John Heywood, Lithographic Printer, Manchester and London [pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
115.5 x 113.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown: Also ship canal.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, sewage disposal
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative: Not much identified in central part.
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds, recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, Ward, misc: City, parliamentary & municipal divisions.
Known copies of map:
CUL Atlas.2.88.19 [1888: Greater Manchester]; BLML Maps 3215(17), BOL C17:70 Manchester (9), CUL Maps.68.89.1, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/319 [1891].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, metallurgical processing, oil/soap etc, paper/print, furniture/pottery, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, sidings, named, passenger stations, misc: Viaducts.
Parkland:
public parks: With Band Stands, etc; Bear Pit at Belle Vue.
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners: [A few].
Road transport:
cab stands
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Miscellaneous transport-related:
A few new roads laid out.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Site of the Manchester Royal Jubillee Exhibition 1887.
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
spoil heaps: Slagbank.
Miscellaneous religious group:
Monastic establishments.
Ordnance Survey's
1844-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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