A introduction to A Baptist Church in Eccles, Lancashire, 1831-1842

A Baptist Church in Eccles, Lancashire, 1831-1842

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Figure 4. The Temperance Hall, Eccles, as shown on early O.S. maps.

(a) 1848, 1:10560 (6 inch = 1 mile). Taken from the original in Manchester Local Studies Library. According to the printed legend, the map was surveyed in 1845, engraved in 1848, and published April 10^th 1848. The area outlined in red is considered to be the original Hall.

(b) 1876. 1:2500 (about 25 inch = 1 mile). Taken from the copy in Salford Local History Library. The southern section of the larger of the two buildings outlined in red is considered to be the same Hall as marked in (a). The northern section of the large building, and the small rectangular projection at the south-east are considered to be extensions added since 1848.

(c) 1888, 1:500. Lancashire, Eccles Sheet C111.8.21. Taken from the copy in Salford Local History Library. Although this printing is catalogued under date 1898 it has the printed legend “surveyed in 1888”. The building outlined in red is labelled “School (Boys & Girls)”. The heavy black line (enhanced here) presumably represents a boundary of the school premises. allowing for the scales of the maps, the southern part of the large building is the same size as in (b). However the corner extension has disappeared. There are small rectangular extensions at the south end of the main building. The larger of these, on the W wall, must have been new since 1876, since they too are marked on a 1:2500 map of 1888, not shown here.