Lancashire-Oswaldtwistle-1864 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19318

Map Date:

9.1864

Repository reference:

Accrington Library Local Studies

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Oswaldtwistle

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD735275

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 7025

Map title:

'Plan of the township of Oswaldtwistle in the county of Lancaster Septr. 1864'.

Comments on map:

Looks rather like straightforward enlargement from OS: style of describing mills supports this. Scale measured as 1 inch to 150 yards, 1:5400, but might be 1:5280: scale is graduated in yards.

Scale:

1:5400

Map-maker:

Geo. McCall, Land & engineering surveyor, 4 Station Road, B'burn [? author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

101.3 x 99.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, uncertain: Red and pink area colouring.

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs: Probably for mills.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Accrington Library Local Studies.

Industry:

textiles

Map material:

tracing linen

Ordnance Survey's

1843-5

1:10,560

1890-1

1:2500

1:10,560