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Lancashire-Rochdale-1877

CBTM:
19227
Map Date:
1877
Repository reference:
Rochdale Local Studies FM 4
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Rochdale, Heywood, Milnrow
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD898131
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 8610
Map title:
'Borough of Rochdale & Neighbourhood, from the 6 inch Ordnance Survey, revised by the Rochdale Corporation. Up to January 1st. 1877. Thomas Hewson, A.I.C.E. Borough Surveyor'.
Comments on map:
An extraordinary sight. A very close transcript of the Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 which could easily be mistaken for the real thing.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Thomas Heywood [? author], E. Wrigley & Sons, Map & Plan Draughtsmen, Rochdale [? dr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
78.0 x 120
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Mostly boundaries, mereing, lettering and heights.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown: With annotations such as 'expired 1871'.
Canals:
shown: With earthworks.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, hamlet, Parish, township, Ward
Known copies of map:
Rochdale Local Studies F.M.4.
Industry:
shown
Railways:
routes, earthworks, level crossings, named, platforms, rails, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
keyboard type: Interlaced-keyboard, and as such at odds with the 'OS' look.
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry
Street tramways:
routes shown
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, contours, spot heights
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1843-7
1:10,560
1889-91
1:2500
1:10,560
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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