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Lancashire-Rochdale-1824

CBTM:
19288
Map Date:
[1824]
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS S (Acc.45755)
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Rochdale
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD898131
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 8610
Map title:
'Rochdale.'
Comments on map:
Stated to be surveyed in 1824 for 'Baines' Lancashire'.
Scale:
1:7128
Map-maker:
Wm Swire [sv], Sidy. Hall, Bury Strt. Bloomsby. [eng], W. Wales & Co., Castle Street, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24.7 x 17.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
areas named (no boundaries shown): Townships named, but no boundaries shown.
Known copies of map:
CUL 6.82.7, Manchester RO AA/3, Lancashire RO SRL/A21, DP 175, Manchester Central Library S, Sheffield Archives WWM MP67 [originals]; BLML Maps 54.b.33, BOL G.A.Lancs 4o 354, CUL 6.96.564 [book at 475.4.c.95.35-], Lancashire RO SRL/A21 [E.J.Morten, 1969]; ?TNA [PRO] T72/11; Rochdale S.3; Rochdale R.220 [enlarged photo]; BOL C17:3 d.5 [1978: Compendium... pb Hendon Publ Co].
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: looks like an isolated mill with chimney (or, to be fanciful, a Hanoverian crematorium); or else a temple with column. Is it the gas works, no.16 in reference??
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Guide Post.
Ordnance Survey's
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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