Lancashire-Warrington-1884 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20036

Map Date:

1884

Repository reference:

Warrington Library, Archives 'bound volume: Borough of Warrington Survey 1884'.

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:

'Borough of Warrington. Survey plan of the borough, completed to the year 1884. Thomas Longdin, Borough Surveyor.'

Comments on map:

14 sheets of maps, plus two sheets of litho'd copper-plate-written street index, plus title page with coat of arms. Rather austere compared with the unacknowledged Ordnance Survey original: buildings lack infill. Pecked divisions between buildings indicate what was taken from Ordnance Survey. Scales of feet to left and links to right at bottom of each sheet.

Scale:

1:1056

Map-maker:

Thomas Longdin, Borough Surveyor [sv].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

89.7 x 60.7 [map, x 14: print area 89.7 x 64.2].

Number of parts:

14

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

building infill omitted, archways, steps to buildings

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican named in gothic; pews, etc, in St Elphins church.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Defence and military:

barracks, drill halls, misc.: Site only of barracks; Trophy of Russian Guns.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools: 'St Elphins School' is in gothic.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds: [Recreation Ground with Band Stand].

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Warrington New Strong Room (61) [1884]; Warrington Museum [1897: reprints of sheets 9 & 10].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, glass, oil/soap etc, textiles, misc: Wire Ropery, Wire Mill, Rubber Works; probable that some named premises (e.g. on sheet 10) are incompletely mapped.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations, misc: Weighing Machine; rails shown under some roofed areas, but not others.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

newspaper offices

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Conservative, Liberal

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Bridge abutments, etc, shown 'in plan'.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [On title-sheet].

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Foundry.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560