Lancashire-Morecambe-1891 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22222

Map Date:

1891

Repository reference:

BOL C17:70 Morecambe (1)

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Morecambe

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD430640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 4662

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Morecambe, prepared for Gortons official guide to Morecambe'.

Comments on map:

Top left: letterpress list of post offices, newspaper office and churches and chapels.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Harrison Hall & Moore, Lancaster [lith], [Gorton [pb]].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.8 x 30.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Tramways.

Colouring:

transport., other: Tramways, places of worship.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: By red crosses: listed top left.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

bazaars, markets

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Morecambe (1), CUL Maps.68.89.3.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

aquariums, misc: Peoples Palace and Aquarium.

Parkland:

public parks: With Regent Pavilion.

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1844-5

1:10,560

1889-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560