Lancashire-Warrington-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20037

Map Date:

? 1896

Repository reference:

Warrington Library, Archives B.S.W. 910 (51)

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Warrington

Map type:

advertising

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ604881

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 6193

Map title:

'Stephens and Mackintosh Leicester. Business street map of Warrington'.

Comments on map:

Both copies at Warrington have had the adverts cropped, but there is a typewritten key. Usual Stephens & Mackintosh style. Dated 1895-6 by Warrington Library.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Stephens and Mackintosh, Leicester [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.0 x 50.0 [map only].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

advertising

Colouring:

Buildings, advertising: Buildings grey.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, municipal depots

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: Bushy-grassy effect used for park, cemeteries and sports grounds.

Known copies of map:

Warrington B.S.W.910(51) [2 copies].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, oil/soap etc, textiles, misc: Iron Wire Works.

Railways:

routes, sidings, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks: Bushy-grassy effect used for park, cemeteries and sports grounds.

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, unspecified

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown: Bushy-grassy effect used for park, cemeteries and sports grounds.

Retail activity:

advertisers on map

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560