Lancashire-Preston-1865
CBTM:
19931
Map Date:
1865
Repository reference:
Preston, Harris Library, reference library, misc. Preston maps drawer.
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:
'The Guardian map of Preston. 1865.'
Comments on map:
With table of population, 1801-61, and area of borough, bottom left.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
J. Harkness, Lithographer, Preston [lith], Geo. Toulman, Guardian Office, Preston [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
49.8 x 38.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings not described: the great majority are pretty certainly industrial, probably mills.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays: Numerous ship pictograms in river.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Parish churches named in gothic, what may be Roman Catholic in Egyptian, and chapels are in ordinary italic.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
Lancashire RO DDPr.141/21; Preston-Harris (10 copies).
Industry:
engineering, ship yards: Numerous buildings not described: the great majority are pretty certainly industrial, probably mills.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Ordnance Survey's
1846-7
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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