Lancashire-Manchester-1893 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18536

Map Date:

1893

Repository reference:

BL [directories]

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 and Salford. 1893.'

Comments on map:

Co-extensive with Exeter 18535, but has been extensively revised, e.g. addition of numerous brick works as well as building growth.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Charles Hooper, ... London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

78.0 x 62.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, transport: Tramways.

Colouring:

transport.: Tramways

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Canals:

shown: Including Manchester Ship Canal.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

barracks

Markets and 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., Ward

Known copies of map:

BL [directories].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, uncertain, furniture/pottery, textiles: Apparent reduction compared with Exeter 18535.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 1.5-inch alpha-numeric.

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560