Lancashire-Preston-1836
CBTM:
19930
Map Date:
1836
Repository reference:
Lancashire RO DDH/1045
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Preston
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD540295
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 5331
Map title:
'...Map of the town of Preston from actual survey completed in the year 1836...'
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
J.J. Myers [sv], J. & C. Walker, 9 Castle St, Holborn [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
114 x 81
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, wharf
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, municipal depots, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
cross, exchanges, markets, (pictorial): Including Fish Stones.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BOL (E)C17:70 Preston (4), Lancashire RO SRL/MC, Preston-Harris [photocopies]; Lancashire RO DDH 1045 [1846].
Industry:
engineering, textiles, timber, misc: Tannin works; plenty of Cotton Mills, in contrast to the usual later cryptic Lancashire 'Mills'.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, industrial tramways/waggonways: Railways evidently laid out or under construction.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
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