Durham-Gateshead-1819 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19970

Map Date:

1819

Repository reference:

Tyne & Wear Archives 2446/1

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Gateshead

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ255630

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2667

Map title:

'Plan of the parishes of Gateshead and Gateshead Fell in the county of Durham by John Bell 1819.'

Comments on map:

Only shows Gateshead core in a very generalised way: only admitted on grounds of scale. Lists parish roads with lengths.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

John Bell [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70 x 104

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries, other: Mile stones.

Road names:

outside built-up area only

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type): Probably wind.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Tyne & Wear Archives 2446/1.

Industry:

lime/cement, rope walk, misc: Glue House.

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Map material:

tracing-paper

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

ballast hills

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560