Yorks-Sheffield-1894
CBTM:
19765
Map Date:
? 1894
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3.a.60
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Sheffield
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK353875
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 3587
Map title:
[Cover:] 'Plan of Sheffield with environs'; [map:] 'Plan of Sheffield'.
Comments on map:
The scale measures 1.49 inches to 0.125 mile, implying 1:5280, but the mapping is also used at the same scale in the Royal Atlas of 1899, with scale of 2.36 inches to 0.25 mile, implying about 1:6000.
Scale:
1:6000
Map-maker:
John Batholomew & Co. Edinr [author, pr], W.H. Smith & Son, 186 Strand, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
34.5 x 47.3 [overall: town 33.7 x 21.5].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Buildings 'pink', public ones scarlet [same plate], public open space green. [No land tint, unlike the environs maps.]
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Cholera Ground.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3.a.60 [1894]; BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4 [1899: pb Newnes, pl 53 in The Royal Atlas of England & Wales].
Industry:
abbatoirs
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Hall of Science.
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Extractive activity:
coal
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Street tramways:
routes shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Ordnance Survey's
1849-51
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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