Lancashire-Manchester: Gorton-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19239

Map Date:

? 1885

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS S (Acc. ?)

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Manchester: Gorton

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SJ884962

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 8699

Map title:

'Plan of wards Township of Gorton.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy, with note that original map is dated July 1885.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Thos. Mayor, Surveyor, 41, John Dalton Street, Manchester [author], B. O'Connor, Cannon St, Manchester [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.5 x 32.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, Ward

Known copies of map:

Manchester Central Library LS S.

Industry:

food/drink, metallurgical processing

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Carriage & Engine Depot.

Parkland:

public parks

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Monastry.

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560