Lancashire-Southport-1876 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20088

Map Date:

? 1876

Repository reference:

Southport Library, reference & local studies, M99, BRC

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Southport

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD335172

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 3416

Map title:

'Plan of Southport & Birkdale.'

Comments on map:

Noted in manuscript by Southport Library as from Slater's (Stewart's) Directory of Southport, 1876: on an ordinary letterpress page, with advertising. Map surrounds advertise Winter Gardens (Grand Orchestral Concerts in Winter Gardens twice daily, 30 performers; Skating Rink, open 9.30 to 9.30; Magnificent Aquarium and Conservatory). Very much on the margins.

Scale:

1:25,344*

Map-maker:

Adam Stewart, Bookseller & Stationer, 149 Lord Street, Southport [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.0 x 9.7 [map only].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Southport Circulating Library.

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Various black buildings appear, but they are not described.

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only: Exiguous.

Known copies of map:

Southport M.99, BRC.

Railways:

routes, named

Leisure and entertainment:

Winter Gardens

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map: ['X' in Lord St is Southport Circulating Library, presumably in the publisher's premises].

Ordnance Survey's

1845-6

1:10,560

1889-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560