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Liverpool-1838

CBTM:
19272
Map Date:
1838
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS ff.912.4272.L6, fol.24
Town name:
Liverpool, Birkenhead
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ342905
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3691
Map title:
'Liverpool, with the parliamentary and municipal boundaries, together with part of the River Mersey and the opposite Cheshire Coast. By Henry Austin, Surveyor, Liverpool.'
Comments on map:
Scale is 1:18,000 on the Cheshire side. Notes supplementing references include population in 1801, 1821 and 1831, and distances of ferry routes, though these aren't shown on the map.
Scale:
1:14,400
Map-maker:
Henry Austin, Surveyor, Liverpool [author], D. Wright [eng], Thos. Kaye, 30 Castle St, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.3 x 35.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks: Named.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Gas and Coke Co's Offices.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Forts].
Welfare and charitable:
blind, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
EKF-L.82,86,87,97,101: BOL G.A.Lancs 16o 97, CUL Maps.c.68.83.4 [1839]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1841 [EKF-L.82], Manchester Central Library [1841]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1844 [EKF-L.86] [1844]; CUL Maps.d.68.84.2, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1845 [EKF-L.87], Manchester Central Library ff 912.4272 L3 [1845]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.68 [1849]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1851 [EKF-L.97], TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/67 [1851]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.35 [1853]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1854 [folded: H 912 1854] [EKF-L.101] [1854]; BOL J.Maps 113 [1862: pb C.W. Townshend].
Industry:
glass, ship yards, textiles, timber
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Circus, Rotunda.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks: [Savings Bank].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Monuments:
Monuments
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
1847-8
1:1056
1:10,560
1864
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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