Lancashire-Southport-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20091

Map Date:

? 1885

Repository reference:

Southport Library, reference & local studies, M193, 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:

'New map of Southport and Birkdale.'

Comments on map:

Dated 'after 1884' by Southport Library. A very marginal item.

Scale:

1:31,680

Map-maker:

R. Johnson & Co., 'Visiter' Works, Southport [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.5 x 18.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

advertising: 'X R. Johnson & Co.'s printing works, Tulketh Street.'

Colouring:

boundaries

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, misc: Life Boat House.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown: Exiguous.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward, misc: Existing wards on black plate; divisions numbered 1-10 on red plate: meaning unclear [polling districts?].

Known copies of map:

Southport M.193, BRC.

Railways:

routes, named, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Includes the Liverpool, Southport & Preston Junction line.

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map: ['X R. Johnson & Co.'s printing works, Tulketh Street.'].

Ordnance Survey's

1845-6

1:10,560

1889-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560