Yorks-Leeds-1822 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20262

Map Date:

1.1.1822

Repository reference:

Leeds Central Library, Local Studies, ML (1822)

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Aberford, Bradford, Bramley, Cleckheaton, Guiseley, Horsforth, Leeds, Ossett, Otley, Pudsey, Wakefield, Yeadon, Castleford, Batley, Dewsbury, Birstall, Harewood

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE301337

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE301337

Map title:

'Map of the town of Leeds, and the country circumjacent, including Wakefield, Bradford, Otley, Harewood, Aberford & Castleford, shewing all the townships, foot roads, &c. Made from actual admeasurements during 1819, 1820 & 1821. by Joshua Thorp, Land Surveyor, Leeds.'

Comments on map:

This map is only included on grounds of scale: the level of detail is in general not much more than one would expect at 1:63,360. On four plates.

Scale:

1:23,760

Map-maker:

Joshua Thorp, Land Surveyor, Leeds [sv, pb], S.I. Neele & Son, 352 Strand [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

592 x 572 [x 4].

Number of parts:

4

Legends:

boundaries, other: Footpaths.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (symbol)

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works: At Leeds.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Parish churches are pictorial.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

mental

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, township, misc: Honor of Pontefract.

Known copies of map:

Bonser & Nichols no.44: Leeds Library M.4274.3 (1822) (S.R.) [multiple copies], West Yorkshire Archives [Leeds] DB/M 490, DB/M 29, GC/Ma 58, GC/Ma 61, West Yorkshire Archives [Wakefield] C.559/29, Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.60; CUL Maps.B.93.83.1 [1831, pub Baines: BN68]; CUL maps.b.93.84.1 [1849: BN119]; Wakefield Library Map Chest, Drawer 1 [repro].

Industry:

engineering, oil/soap etc, furniture/pottery, misc: Not much industry shown.

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left of south west sheet: large view of Kirkstall Abbey.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1845-7

1:10,560

1890

1:2500

1:10,560

1847-51

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1847-51

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1847

1:10,560

1888-90

1:2500

1:10,560

1846-8

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1847-51

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1850-1

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1847-8

1:10,560

1889-91

1:2500

1:10,560

1846-7

1:10,560

1888

1:2500

1:10,560

1847

1:10,560

1889-92

1:2500

1:10,560

1847

1:1056

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1849

1:10,560

1888-90

1:2500

1:10,560

1847

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1847

1:10,560

1890-1

1:2500

1:10,560