Lancashire-Widnes-1879 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

15326

Map Date:

1879

Repository reference:

Cheshire RO LBWd 3904

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Widnes

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ612848

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 5381

Comments on map:

Widnes and part of Cronton: Title + 14 sheets, 1 inch to 180 feet (1:2160). It is apparent from marginal notes that there was also a 72-sheet map at 1:360. Surveyed 1875, engraved 1879, in generally Ordnance Survey style. Made under Local Govt Act of 1858 for Wigan Local Board, whose device appears at the head of each sheet. Rural part outdoes OS in quality of finish, although content is more in line with non-OS rural mapping. Broken names follow OS style, in that marginal completion is in italic, regardless of style used on the map proper.

Scale:

1:2160

Map-maker:

Henry C. Roper, C.E., Dudley [sv], Issac W. Petty & Son, Manchester [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

101 x 69 [x 15] [34.6 x 23.0 inches within neat lines].

Number of parts:

15

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

masonry distinguished

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Penal:

stocks

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, boundary markers

Known copies of map:

Cheshire RO LBWd 3904, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/377, RAIL 1033/376 [/376 not in computer list, 5:02].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, metallurgical processing, oil/soap etc, lime/cement, textiles, timber: Manure Works; numerous named chemical works.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, platforms, rails, misc: Viaduct with piers OS-style.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, spot heights: Spot heights (numerous) to 0.1 ft, bench marks (above Ordnance Datum) to 0.01 ft.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1846-7

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560