Lancashire-Warrington-1826
CBTM:
20016
Map Date:
1826
Repository reference:
Warrington Library, Archives Map no. 142.
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:
'...Plan of the town of Warrington taken from actual survey in the year 1826...'
Comments on map:
Recorded from reliable-looking photocopy.
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
W.S. Hall [sv], Gardner, 13 Harpur St, Queen Sq., London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.5 x 67
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Including intended site for new one.
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries
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:
Warrington R.M.3(375) [photocopy: original at Roll Cupboard (34): fragile].
Industry:
engineering, glass, uncertain, textiles, timber
Gardens:
shown: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Inset: map of the ancient route to London before the bridge was built in 1496.
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
John Blackburn, Esq., M.P., Lord of the Manor.
Ordnance Survey's
1849
1:1056
1:10,560
1888
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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