Lancashire-Oldham-1817 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19219

Map Date:

[1817]

Repository reference:

Oldham Archives

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Oldham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD926048

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 9004

Map title:

'A plan of the town of Oldham in Lancashire'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from what claims to be a reduced photocopy, though comparison with another copy suggests that it is authentic enough. Includes 'Oldham as it appeared about 1756' as an inset. For J. Butterworth, Historical and descriptive account of Oldham, Oldham: Clark, 1817. There was a much smaller scale map of the parish in the same volume.

Scale:

1:3600

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

35.7 x 30.7

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 10358.d.37, Manchester Central Library S, Oldham Archives [originals]; Manchester Central Library Archives photo L1/59/14/18; BOL G.A. Lancs 16o 101 [1981: E.J. Morten].

Industry:

metallurgical processing, uncertain: Unspecified mills; Horshaw's Works.

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Title and arms draped about view of the church from south.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1879

1:500

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560