Liverpool-1856 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19472

Map Date:

? 1856

Repository reference:

Liverpool RO Hf 912 1856

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:

'Map of the borough of Liverpool, with the parliamentary boundaries, ecclesiastical divisions, and a part of the Cheshire coast'.

Comments on map:

A very close copy of the Henry Austin map [Exeter 19272], but without the numerous references in the Mersey: instead, they are are in a separate letterpress section ('Hilliar's guide for strangers and visitors through Liverpool') at the bottom of the map, using squares numbered in red. The imitation includes mapping the Cheshire part at 1:18,000. Table of distances in miles and yards, e.g. 18 miles to Runcorn, 9 miles 900 yards to Hoylake. Note on population in 1841 and 1851 to right of title, top left: notes on population of old borough 1801-21-31-41 to left of arms/vignette, top right.

Scale:

1:14,400

Map-maker:

H. Hilliar [eng, pb], G.J. Poore, 12 Castle St, Liverpool [sell].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

53.5 x 51.0 [overall: mapped area 51.2 x 37.1].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Numbering of squares.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Tobacco Warehouse; Graving Docks.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Fort [on Cheshire side]].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, township, Ward

Known copies of map:

No.96 in E. Kay Farr list. CUL Maps.c.68.84.2 [1848]; BLML Maps 3200(11) [1851?]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1856 [1856]; Liverpool RO P&SP:Maps (reduced photo) [EKF-L.96] [date?]; CUL Maps.c.68.85.1 [1858].

Industry:

lime/cement, uncertain, timber

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Waterbodies:

shown

Reference system:

squaring, distance circles: 0.25-mile circles from town hall.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [With Neptune and mermaid supporters, and lighthouse and sea in background].

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