Lancashire-Wigan-1837
CBTM:
19234
Map Date:
1837
Repository reference:
Wigan Archives
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 plan of the town and borough of Wigan in the county palatine of Lancaster. R. Kellett, Surveyor, Wigan.'
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
R. Kellett, Wigan [sv], R. Martin & Co., 26 Long Acre, London [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90.2 x 83.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally: Various sizes of lettering according to importance: at least four styles.
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
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, township, Ward
Known copies of map:
Cheshire RO DWW 1/45, Wigan Archives.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, uncertain, furniture/pottery
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
South-west view of parish church: sheep and female figure in foreground.
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Street tramways:
routes shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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