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Lancashire-Oldham-1885

CBTM:
19221
Map Date:
? 1885
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:
'Worrall's map of Oldham'.
Comments on map:
Possibly for directory: advertising on back, and formerly folded 6 x 2. Dated '1880s' by Oldham Archives.
Scale:
1:9000*
Map-maker:
John Worrall, Churchill Street, Oldham [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
45.7 x 34.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Several designs of cross are used.
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Oldham Archives.
Industry:
uncertain: Numerous works, etc, but identified only by owner's, etc, names.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Extractive activity:
coal
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1879
1:500
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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