Yorks-Bradford-1856
CBTM:
16724
Map Date:
1856
Repository reference:
West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] 52D79/12
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Bradford
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SE163329
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SE 1633
Map title:
'Map of the borough of Bradford, comprising the townships of Bradford, Bowling, Horton & Manningham, from actual surveys made in the years 1844, 1845 & 1846, by Thomas Dixon, land & mineral surveyor, Bradford, June 1846.'
Comments on map:
'Revised and Corrected from Messrs Dixon & Ellison's large scale Trigonometrical Survey of the Borough up to 1856.'
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Thomas Dixon, Land & Mineral Surveyor, Bradford [sv], J. & C. Walker, 9 Castle Street, Holborn, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
143 x 116 [on two plates, split vertically].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, Buildings, boundaries: 'Explanation' top right: Borough and Township boundaries, Dwelling Houses (single-hatched), Mills (lighter cross-hatched), Public Buildings (heavier cross-hatched).
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Line of Water Works Pipes (pecked), Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Ball Alley.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, Ward, boundary markers
Known copies of map:
Bradford Library BRA.1844.DIX [1846]; BLML Maps 5986(1), BOL C17:70 Bradford (5), Borthwick CC.EC 11/25, /26 [? fragmentary], CUL Maps.93.85.1, West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] 52D79/13 (also /12, /15) [1856] [Exeter 16724].
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, oil/soap etc, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways: Midland Rly shown with running lines, whereas Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and Great Northern Railway are shown by Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 'ladder' symbol. Several 'Inclined Plain' on the tramways, also 'Stationary Engine'.
River and foreshore features:
springs
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown, fish ponds
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: South West view of the Bradford Infirmary.
Relief:
slopes shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
keyboard type
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Police 1 Mile, etc [on roads].
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, misc: Lister, Rawson, Bridges and Paley.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
ballast hills
Other land-uses & land-cover:
building ground, heath/uncultivated: [Villa Sites].
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: To 0.1 ft. 'The altitudes are given in feet above the mean water at Liverpool thus
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
You can download the pdf version of this map
here