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Liverpool-1853

CBTM:
19475
Map Date:
? 1853
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1853
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:
'Philips' plan of Liverpool and the adjoining Cheshire coast.
Comments on map:
A lot of sans-serif for smaller names.
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97.0 x 78.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Tobacco Warehouse, Landing Stages, Lifeboat Ho.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Forts].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Medical School, Emigration Depot [at Birkenhead].
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, township, Ward
Known copies of map:
No.100,111,114,119,125 in E. Kay Farr list. Liverpool RO Hf 912 1853 [EKF-L.100]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1860 [EKF-L.111] [1860]; Liverpool RO H 912 1862 [EKF-L.114] [1862]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1866 [EKF-L.119], Birkenhead B/801/39, Wirral Archives B/801/39 [1866]; Birkenhead Lib M.I.4 [1866: photocopy extract]; CUL Maps.c.68.86.3 [1869]; TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/69 [1871]; [1874] Liverpool RO Hf 912 1874 [EKF-L.125].
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, ship yards, uncertain, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, passenger stations: [Earthworks and some rails on Lancashire side only].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [George III, Nelson, Huskinson].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
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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