Lancashire-Rochdale-1856
CBTM:
19229
Map Date:
? 1856
Repository reference:
Rochdale Local Studies R.96
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:
'Town of Rochdale.'
Comments on map:
Dated by Rochdale Local Studies as '1856'. Looks like a quite close transcript of Ordnance Survey 1:10,560; perhaps a predecessor of Exeter 19227?
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Thos. L. Whitehead, Surveyor, Rochdale [author], Falkner, Lith., Manchester [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
42.5 x 37.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Named in gothic.
Education and academic:
schools
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, township, Ward
Known copies of map:
Rochdale Local Studies R.96.
Industry:
uncertain: Named mills.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Extractive activity:
coal
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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