Durham-Durham-1820
CBTM:
18777
Map Date:
1820
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/9
Historic county:
Durham
Town name:
Durham
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ273421
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 2742
Map title:
'Plan of the city of Durham surveyed by John Wood, 1820.'
Comments on map:
Complete copy, on J. Whatman 1819 paper, with no statement of engraver. Includes reference to 'ancient names' of streets.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
John Wood [sv, pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.0 x 56.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named wells, several public pumps, in centre and suburbs.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, misc: Dark Passage, Cloysters, Fountain, Chapter Ho., etc round Cathedral.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Register Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.60.82.1, TNA [PRO] T72/9 [1820]; BOL C17:2a.1, CUL Atlas.2.99.2 [1991: in Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Frank Graham, 1991].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
coal
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Crosses:
multiple crosses, named, (symbol): [With + symbol, at road junctions].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1856
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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