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Durham-South Shields-1827

CBTM:
19918
Map Date:
1827
Repository reference:
BOL c17:2 a.1
Historic county:
Durham
Town name:
South Shields
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ361671
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 3067
Map title:
'Plan of South Shields made in 1827'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, 1991.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
John Wood, Land Surveyor, Barnard Castle [sv, pb], W. Murphy, Edinr [eng], Barnes & Coy, Shields [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.3 x 62.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, colours, other: 'The Wrecking Dyke passed from the Law in front of the Barnes then up Leaming Lane and thro' Wreckington.'
Colouring:
owners: Dean & Chapter property, freeholds.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Staiths, Drops, Landings.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works: [Gass Works].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
South Shields Library [photocopy]; BOL c17:2 a.1, CUL Atlas.2.99.2, Darlington Library U400.a.40 L.C. [72505], NLS Map.Fac.b.C17, Newcastle Central Library L.912.1 B259 [acc. Cr.95137A, Cr.96211A] LRS 9130 [in Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Frank Graham, 1991].
Industry:
chemicals, glass, lime/cement: [The numerous glass works include Flint Glass Works].
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners, owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts; also some industrial premises].
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits: With Coal Engine, Ballast Machine.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Intended Chain Bridge.
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict extraction: [Spoil heaps].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Stated measuerments:
soundings: In river at low water, in feet.
Ordnance Survey's
1854-7
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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