Lancashire-Wigan-1827
CBTM:
19233
Map Date:
1827
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3230(2)
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Wigan
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD582057
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 5906
Map title:
'A map of the town of Wigan in the County of Lancaster taken in the year 1827. John Mather Surveyor.'
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
John Mather [sv].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.8 x 45.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls, markets: [Cloth Hall].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3230(2); Wigan Archives [photo of BLML].
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Parish church: top right from south-east, bottom left from south-west: not so captioned.
Borders:
keyboard type
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Numerous fields around town named.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
You can download the pdf version of this map
here