Durham-Darlington-1826
CBTM:
19920
Map Date:
1826
Repository reference:
BOL c17:2 a.1
Historic county:
Durham
Town name:
Darlington
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ288146
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 3115
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Darlington, from actual survey 1826'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, 1991. 'the Environs are sketched', below explanation of colours. Bottom right is note on population in 1811 and 1821.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood, Richmond [sv, pb], T. Clark [eng], sold at Darlington.
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63.0 x 53.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours, boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries, owners: Burgh property [sic].
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
uncertain: Between Bondgate and Priestgate.
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.60.82.2, Darlington Library U.418.a.40 L.C. [4 copies, acc. 10406, 32078, 33822, 35577, 42279]; Darlington Library U.418.a.40 L.C. [1 is photocopy]; Newcastle Central Library L.912.1 D221 [acc. Cr.408924A] [?1826]; BOL c17:2 a.1, CUL Atlas.2.99.2, Darlington Library U400.a.40 L.C. [72505], NLS Map.Fac.b.C17, Newcastle Central Library L.912.1 B259 [acc. Cr.95137A, Cr.96211A] LRS 9130 [in Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Frank Graham, 1991].
Industry:
uncertain, textiles, misc: Coach Work, Bleaching Ground.
Railways:
routes, misc: Depot, Railway Office [in town].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Including a number in the closely built-up part].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Crosses:
C
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pin Fold].
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1854
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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