Tuesday, 11 November 2025

 APPENDIX II - Baines 2

Directory of LANCASHIRE 1824-1825


Full title: History, directory, and gazetteer, of the county palatine of Lancaster : with a variety of commercial & statistical information ... Illustrated by maps and plans / By Edward Baines. The directory department by W. Parson ... Published; Liverpool : WM. Wales & Co. 1824-25.

Published; Liverpool : WM. Wales & Co. 1824-25..


Copies are available as follows.

Hathi Trust Digital Library – University of Wisconsin copy freely available online, but there is no mention of the maps.


The following institutes list maps and tables in the JISC catalogue entry and are thought to also have some or all of the maps contained in the separet booklet.

University of Leeds Library (Ripon Cathedral Library VII.J.5 q)

Victoria and Albert Museum libraries  (With a supplement: Illustrations: ... maps, plans and tables delivered with vol. I. 6 (4 folding) engr. plates. [1824-25].)


The following institutes have copies of the work, listed only as 2 vols.

Bangor University Library
University of Edinburgh Libraries
Institute of Historical Research Library
University of Leicester Library
Newcastle University Libraries
Senate House Library, University of London


The following maps were contained in a separate booklet/ wallet

(All black and white images from copies held by author.)


Cover reads: maps, Plans and Tables Delivered with:

Vol. 1.

Vol. 2.

Map of Lancashire

Plan of Manchester

Plan of Liverpool

Chart of Inland Navigation

Plans of Lancaster & Preston

Plans of Bolton & Blackpool

Population Table

Plans of Stockport & Ashton

Distance Table

Plans of Rochdale & Oldham

Vol. 1

1. Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, with the Latest Improvements. Engraved 1824 for "Baines´ Lancashire"Imprint: Published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, LiverpoolEngraver´s signature below right: Engraved by J H Franks & Johnson. Artist´s signature below border left T Wilson Surveyor. 40 x 51.5 cm.



2. Liverpool and its Environs, Engraved from an Actual Survey made by William Swire, in 1823 and 1824 for the History, Directory and Gazetteer of Lancashire by Edwd BainesPublished by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, LiverpoolEngraver´s signature below right: Neele & Son fc. 352 Strand. 52.5 x 41 cm.


3a.      Lancaster. Imprint: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, LiverpoolEngraver´s signature below left: Engraved by Franks & Johnson. Artist´s signature below border right J Atkinson Surveyor. 18 x 26 cm.

3b.  Preston. Imprint: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, Liverpool. Artist´s signature below border right R Thornton Surveyor. Engraver´s signature below left: Engraved by Franks & Johnson. 18 x 26 cm.



4. Table of Population Returns of England. Large folding sheet 43.5 x 56 cm. 
(Detail shown).


5: A Table of the Reciprocal Distances of the Principal Towns of England and Wales. This also includes Mail Coach Routes. Imprint within top title: To Accompany the History and Directory of Lancashire, Publishing By Wales & Co., Liverpool. Price 1s. 41 x 51 cm.

 


Vol. 2.
1.      Manchester and its Environs, Engraved from an Actual Survey made in 1824 by William Swire, Leeds. With first imprint below title:  for the History, Directory and Gazetteer of Lancashire by Edwd BainesSecond imprint below map centrally: Published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, LiverpoolEngraver´s signature below left: Engraved by Franks & Johnson, Leeds. 52.5 x 41.5 cm.



2. Map of the Canals and Navigable Rivers in England, Wales and Scotland: Completed from the Latest & Best Authorities for Baines´ Lancashire by William Swire, Surveyor, LeedsEngraver´s signature below right: Engraved by Sidy Hall, Bury Stt, Bloomsby. 41.5 x 52.5 cm.

 

 

3a.     Bolton. Imprint below map: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, Liverpool. Artist´s signature below border left: Surveyed in 1824 by Geo Piggot, BoltonEngraver´s signature below right: Sid.y Hall, Bury Str.Bloomsb.. 17 x 25 cm.


3b.     Blackburn. Imprint below map: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, LiverpoolArtist´s signature below border left: Surveyed by Jas Gillies. Engraver´s signature below right: Sid.y Hall, Bury Str.Bloomsb.y . 17 x 25 cm.


4a.     Stockport. Imprint below map: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, Liverpool. Artist´s signature below border left: Surveyed by R. ThorntonEngraver´s signature below right: Sid.y Hall, Bury Str.Bloomsb.y . 18 x 24 cm.


4b.     Ashton under Line. Imprint below map: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, Liverpool. Artist´s signature below border left: Surveyed by J Atkinson. Engraver´s signature below right: Sid.y Hall, Bury Str.Bloomsb.y . 17 x 25 cm.



5a.     Rochdale. Imprint: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, Liverpool. Artist´s signature below border left: Surveyed by Wm Swire. Engraver´s signature below right: Engraved by Sidy Hall, Bury Strt Bloomsby. 17 x 25 cm.



5b.     Oldham, imprint: Surveyed, 1824, for “Baines´ Lancashire”; published by W Wales & Co. Castle Street, Liverpool. Artist´s signature below border left: Surveyed by J Atkinson. Engraver´s signature below right: Engraved by Sidy Hall, Bury Strt Bloomsby. 17 x 25 cm.


NOTE.      Lancaster. As above but the list of References bottom left is in one column only. This example seen at Antique Maps and Antique Prints, Gillmark Gallery, Leyburn, Yorks. Copyright Gillmore Gallery.





William White´s Directories:


Click the entry below to access relevant page.


1. Early Years - William White and Edward Baines
2. William White & Co.
3. Rivalry and Family Feud
4. Francis White
5. Maps
6. William White Co. - Later Years


Appendix I. Description of the maps in the Directory of Yorkshire (Baines 1);
Appendix II. Description of the maps in the Directory of Lancashire (Baines 2);

Appendix III. Description of the maps in the Directory of Durham and Northumberland (White 1 - William White and William Parson).

White 2 - Cumberland & Westmorland 

White 3 - Nottinghamshire

White 4 - Staffordshire

White 5 - Norfolk

White 6 - Yorkshire (later editions)

White 7 - Lincoln

White 8 - Suffolk

White 9 - Leicestershire with Rutland

White 10 - Essex

White 11 - Devonshire

White 12 - Hampshire with Isle of Wight

White´s city directories




 

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