Durham-Gateshead-1888
CBTM:
22336
Map Date:
8.1888
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.bb.18.G.135
Historic county:
Durham
Town name:
Gateshead
Map type:
municipal
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ255630
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 2664
Map title:
'Map of the borough of Gateshead shewing the ward boundaries and polling districts. August 1888.'
Comments on map:
Rural part seems to be of fairly obvious Ordnance Survey derivation.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
J. Bower, C.E., Borough Engineer [author], Andrew Reid, Lith, Newcastle [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
45.5 x 55.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries: In red.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Omitted in built-up parts: several emphasised buildings, e.g. the original parish church, are unnamed.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: A few named wells.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward, misc: Polling districts; some Ordnance Survey field numbers retained in vicinity of internal boundaries.
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.bb.18.G.135.
Industry:
engineering, glass, metallurgical processing, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, uncertain: Works.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Ordnance Survey's
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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