Lancashire-Preston-1851
CBTM:
19932
Map Date:
1851
Repository reference:
Preston, Harris Library, reference library, blue folder in strongroom 'Preston maps 1715-1913'.
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:
'New survey of the town of Preston... 1851.'
Comments on map:
One version, represented at Preston-Harris by a disintegrating folded example in this folder, has an alphabetical list of streets appended. Includes distances from Town Hall of public buildings in streets, apparently in inches at map scale. Looks like a forerunner of the Preston Guardian map [Exeter 19931].
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
C.J. Smith [author, dr, lith], Henry Oakley, Preston [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.7 x 37.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Various buildings shaded but not described: most or all probably industrial.
Mills:
windmills
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, Ward
Known copies of map:
Preston-Harris, Lancashire RO SRL/A21, SRL/MC.
Industry:
engineering, uncertain: Numerous buildings shaded but not described: most or all probably industrial.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways, misc: Offices.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
misc: Institution.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
depots
Ordnance Survey's
1846-7
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1846-7
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
You can download the pdf version of this map
here