Durham-Darlington-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19995

Map Date:

1842

Repository reference:

Darlington Local Studies Library U.418.a.40 L.C. [acc.33813]

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Darlington

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ288146

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 3115

Map title:

'Plan of the township of Darlington in the county of Durham. 1842'.

Comments on map:

'revised and corrected' by Sowerby: seems to be an updated version of the Reed/anonymous maps [Exeter 19994] with similar field-numbering, etc, but more text in town.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

J. Sowerby [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

67.0 x 54.5

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Darlington Library U.418.a.40 L.C. [33813].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, uncertain

Railways:

routes, earthworks, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: 'Proposed line to Newcastle'.

Gardens:

shown: One symbol may double for both parks and orchards.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

generalised/schematic

Ordnance Survey's

1854

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560