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Old Map of Manchester in 1793 by Charles Laurent - Salford, Ancoats, Ardwick, River Irwell, River Medlock nationwide heritage or a wildlife research centerTwo 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