Lancashire-Warrington-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20017

Map Date:

1840

Repository reference:

Warrington Library, Archives, map 28.

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:

SJ 6193

Map title:

'Map of the town and township of Warrington...'

Comments on map:

This copy has had what are evidently tithe district numbers added in manuscript. Not much text, apart from street names.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

J.W. Wilkinson, Warrington [sv], W. Hurst [dr: on stone], Binns & Clifford, Lithographers, Union St, Birmingham [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

110.5 x 108.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: 'Church' [parish] in gothic.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.

Known copies of map:

Warrington (4 copies, only produce Maps 28 & 30).

Industry:

glass, uncertain

Railways:

goods depots, named

Gardens:

shown: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground: Parks, some gardens and orchards all rather similar.

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Dedicee of map:

John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P.

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560