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Lancashire-Warrington-1772

CBTM:
20015
Map Date:
1772
Repository reference:
Warrington Library, Archives RM 4
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Warrington
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ604881
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 6193
Map title:
'A plan of the town of Warrington in the county palatine of Lancaster. From an accurate survey in the year 1772. By J. Wallworth D. Donbavand.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from reliable-looking photocopy.
Scale:
1:1440
Map-maker:
J. Wallworth and D. Donbavand [sv], Thos Kitchin, Hydrographer to His Majesty [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
145 x 84 [engraved on 4 plates].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.
Known copies of map:
BLML K.18.85.11 Tab, Bolton Archives ZAL/727, BOL Gough Maps Lancashire 10; Lancashire RO 3/MC/E/2 [photo]; Warrington Library, Roll Cupboard (43) [NFP]; copy in 4 sections, original in Strongroom, photocopy at R.M.5(161).
Industry:
food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, textiles, timber, misc: Rosin Works.
Gardens:
shown: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Two owners of quays].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Borders:
decorative: Decorated with fruit.
Symbolic elements:
Fruit: adorning cartouche.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Machine [presumably weighing machine].
Ordnance Survey's
1849
1:1056
1:10,560
1888
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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