Lancashire-Preston-1857
CBTM:
18496
Map Date:
[1857]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas 4.86.7
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:
'Preston'.
Comments on map:
In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257].
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr & engr illns], The London Printing and Publishing Company [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
34.0 x 25.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Fewer buildings emphasised but not named than usual for Tallis.
Canals:
shown, wharf
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses, misc: House of Recovery.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2- [1860: Index-gazetteer of world], Lancashire RO DDX 827/1, SRL/MC, Preston-Harris [3 copies]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].
Industry:
uncertain, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
At Tulketh Hill the house is dated 1662 and Ruins of Monastry adjoin.
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Seven vignettes of buildings and scenes.
Borders:
decorative
Ordnance Survey's
1846-7
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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