Liverpool-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19486

Map Date:

1873

Repository reference:

Liverpool RO Hf 912 1873

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:

'Post Office map of Liverpool 1873'.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

F. Bryer, 16 Northumberland St, Strand, W.C. [eng], I.M. Johnson & Sons, Steam & Chromo Printers, 56 Hatton Garden, E.C. [pr], Kelly's Post Office Directory Office, 51 Gt Queen St, Lincolns Inn Fields, London W.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

72.0 x 56.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, transport: Railways & tramways.

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: Landing Stages.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, sailors, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

No.123 in E. Kay Farr list. Liverpool RO Hf 912 1873 [EKF-L.123]; Lancashire RO SRL/A21 [n.d.] [map advertised in Kelly's list of maps, 1887].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, furniture/pottery, timber

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Monuments:

Monuments: [Wellington, George III, Nelson].

Cemeteries:

shown: Toxteth Park has Consecrated and Unconsecrated Ground, and Anfield Park has its catacombs and three varieties of chapel.

Street tramways:

routes shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Nunnery.

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