Old Map of Manchester in 1793 by Charles Laurent - Salford, Ancoats, Ardwick, River Irwell, River Medlock nationwide heritage every department

every department

or pair it with contemporary décor where its crisp lines strike a bold contrast

and early settlements of South Africa with this beautifully detailed 19th-century vintage map

first issued in 1900

within the wider province of Munster

Old Map of Manchester in 1793 by Charles Laurent - Salford, Ancoats, Ardwick, River Irwell, River Medlock nationwide heritage every departmentTwo survey projects were racing to map Manchester in the early 1790s, and Charles Laurent's reached print first. William Green had been carrying out a meticulous large scale survey of the town since 1787, but Laurent gained access to Green's working data and rushed out this smaller scale plan, engraved by John Cary and published on 9 December 1793, well before Green's own map was ready. The plates later passed to the publisher Thomas Stockdale, who