Durham-Gateshead-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19971

Map Date:

1885

Repository reference:

Tyne & Wear Archives [open access]

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Gateshead

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ255630

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2667

Map title:

'Street plan of Gateshead upon Tyne. Specially designed for easy reference. 1885.'

Comments on map:

Extracted from a larger plate with serifed lettering for streets, and extends north from St Edmunds church into Newcastle. On blue paper.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

Ward, [Newcastle] [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.2 x 17.7, 41.7 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, observatories: [Newalls Telescope].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

Tyne & Wear Archives (open access) [1885, 1889].

Industry:

engineering, glass, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk: Most apparently industrial buildings not named or described.

Railways:

routes, sidings, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Miscellaneous:

Two fields numbered 454 and 455, perhaps an unwitting transfer from Ordnance Survey.

Parkland:

public parks

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [A very few sites].

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

stables

Ordnance Survey's

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560