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Durham-Gateshead-1835

CBTM:
19987
Map Date:
1835
Repository reference:
[Gateshead Library, local studies [not normally produced]]
Historic county:
Durham
Town name:
Gateshead
Map type:
Parish
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ255630
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 2667
Map title:
'Plan of the borough of Gateshead in the county of Durham...'
Comments on map:
Not normally produced. Might conceivably be for rating. [In several sections: not all examined, and not as thoroughly 'milked' as usual.] Newcastle & Carlisle Railway seems to be later addition.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
John Bell, Land Surveyor, Gateshead [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
152 x 179
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, owners
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: Most of the cross-hatched buildings not named or described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Coal Staith, Landing.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs: One reservoir is 'Water company's Pond'.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Division between St Marys and St Johns rectories.
Known copies of map:
Gateshead Library [Not normally produced].
Industry:
engineering, uncertain
Railways:
rails, industrial tramways/waggonways
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Not in built-up part].
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
spoil heaps: Ash Heap.
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mile stones.
Ordnance Survey's
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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