Lancashire-Manchester | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19218

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library Local Studies M (Acc.14824)

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:

'I. Slater's New Plan of Manchester & Salford with their vicinities specially prepared for the 1863 directory.'

Comments on map:

Derivation looks as though primarily from Pigot [Exeter 19206, 19214)], rather than from Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Isaac Slater, Manchester [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64.5 x 47.0 [1883 is 73.0 x 55.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, watermills

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools: Includes Chetham's.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

[1863] Manchester Central Library M; Lancashire RO [open access], Manchester Central Library M [1871: in Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Lancs]; BL PP.2505.yco, Lancashire RO [open access] [1876: Slater's Lancashire Directory]; Oldham Archives; Manchester Central Library 912.4273 S5/a [1877]; TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/144 [1877]; BLML Maps 3215(28) [1879.c]; Lancashire RO [open access] [1879: Slater's Lancashire Directory]; [1881, in parishes] Manchester Central Library Archives M45/8/1/4 [original], open access [photocopy]; Lancashire RO [open access] [1882: Slater's Lancashire Directory]; Manchester Central Library L [1883]; CUL Maps.18.G.2 [1883: overprinted with Manchester cartage boundary]; Manchester Central Library L, Lancashire RO [open access] [1885: Slater's Lancashire Directory]; Manchester Central Library L [1886]; Lancashire RO [open access] [1890: Slater's Lancashire Directory]; BL PP.2505.yco [several copies of directories: maps sometimes missing]. [Further examples (dates not known) at Salford Local History Library].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, food/drink, lime/cement, paper/print, textiles, timber, misc: Size Works, Spindle Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Unusually, no running lines are shown, but the layouts of goods depots are shown in some detail.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc: [Free Trade Hall].

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560