Lancashire-Manchester-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19019

Map Date:

[1900]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

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 & Salford.'

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

John Bartholomew & Co., Edinr [author, pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.8 x 51.4 [67.5 x 48.5 inside neat line].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Tramways.

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use, transport.: Buildings uncased; 'open spaces' green.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Cross hatching for churches and lesser buildings, black for more important ones, including cathedral.

Canals:

shown: Also ship canal.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, gas works, municipal depots, reservoirs, misc: Hydraulic Sta.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue: Union and School Board offices.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, misc: YMCA.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds, recreation grounds: [The Salford race course has an additional note that it is a site for future docks].

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3215(13) [1870.c: pb Abel Heywood]; BLML Maps 12.a.97 [1890: pb W.H.Smith]; BOL C17:70 Manchester (8) [1895: pb W.H. Smith]; BLML Maps 3.a.76, CUL Maps.68.89.3, Maps.68.89.11 [1896: pb W.H. Smith]; BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4 [1899: pb Newnes, pl 65 in The Royal Atlas of England & Wales]; RGS library [in A.R. Hope Moncrieff, ed, Black's Guide to Manchester, London: Black, 1900, f.p. 40]; BLML Maps 2.aa.53, Manchester Central Library L [1900]; BLML maps 28.a.7 [1902]; BLML Maps 3215(20) [1910]; BLML maps 3215(23) [1928].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, metallurgical processing, furniture/pottery, textiles, warehousing, timber, abbatoirs, misc: Rubber.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, passenger stations, misc: Carriage & Engine Depot at Longsight; Cricket Ground Station at Old Trafford.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

memorials

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Artizans Dwellings.

Street tramways:

routes shown: Roads with tramway routes infilled sienna.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

some inns

Miscellaneous religious group:

Nunnery.

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560