Lancashire-Oldham-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19223

Map Date:

11.1885

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS L [H.912.4272.OL7]

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Oldham

Map type:

municipal

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD926048

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 9004

Map title:

'Borough of Oldham.'

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Borough Surveyor's Office, Oldham [author], G. Falkner & Sons Lith. Manchester [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

60.3 x 72.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

Manchester Central Library L [1885]; Oldham Archives [1895, annotated with smallpox cases: photocopy].

Industry:

uncertain: A few mills.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1879

1:500

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560