Lancashire-Wigan-1893
CBTM:
22223
Map Date:
1893
Repository reference:
BOL C17:70 Wigan (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 plan of the county borough of Wigan 1893.'
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
R. Platt, Bookseller & Stationer, 17 Wallgate [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40.0 x 39.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Wigan (2), CUL Maps.68.89.4.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, oil/soap etc, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Crosses:
cross, named, (symbol): [Mabs Cross +].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: Town seal, above title.
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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