Lancashire-Stretford-1887
CBTM:
19639
Map Date:
? 1887
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3230 (9)
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Stretford
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SJ797933
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ7998
Map title:
'Richard Collinson's plan of Old Trafford, Stretford & Chorlton cum Hardy'.
Comments on map:
Similar to Exeter 19638 and 19640; evidently for home-hunters. Lack of buildings makes for bias towards churches, railway stations and public buildings. Undated: BM RD (blue) 14 Oct 1887.
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
John Heywood, Manchester [lith], Richard Collinson, Estate & Insurance Agent, Coal & Coke Merchant, 3 Wellington Road, Eccles, (opposite the railway station) and 14, Brown Street, Manchester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.2 x 55.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sewage disposal, misc: Telephone to Fire Station.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb: [Blind Asylum & Deaf and Dumb School].
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3230(9), 3230(10), BOL C17:70 Stretford (2), CUL Maps.68.88.4 [1887]; BLML Maps 3230(13), BOL C17:70 Stretford (1) [1888].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, misc: Exhibition [the Jubillee Exhibition of 1887, close to Old Trafford Cricket Ground].
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons
Post and telegraphs:
letter-boxes, post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
termini
Ordnance Survey's
1844
1:10,560
1888-92
1:2500
1:10,560
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