Liverpool-1854 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19473

Map Date:

? 1854

Repository reference:

Liverpool RO Hf 912 1854

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 its parliamentary & municipal boundaries, with part of the River Mersey & Cheshire coast.'

Comments on map:

Another close imitation of the Austin map [Exeter 19272], with the Cheshire coast at 1:18,000; squaring as well as circles, separate letterpress index to streets. Tables of population 1801-51, and of ferry boat distances.

Scale:

1:14,400

Map-maker:

Edward Howell, 6 Church St, Liverpool [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.5 x 47.0 [overall: map 52.0 x 34.0].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

decorative

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Landing Stage, Timber Warehouse; includes Intended Dock.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Fort].

Welfare and charitable:

blind, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, sailors, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, areas named (no boundaries shown): Numbers indicate ecclesiastical districts, and townships are named, but no boundaries for these are shown.

Known copies of map:

No.102 in E. Kay Farr list. Liverpool RO Hf 912 1854 [EKF-L.102] [1854]; BLML Maps 44.a.30 [1855].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, uncertain, textiles, timber, misc: Coke Works [next to Gas Works].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Borders:

decorative: Green.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring, distance circles

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1847-8

1:1056

1:10,560

1864

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560