Durham-Stockton on Tees-1877 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20004

Map Date:

1877

Repository reference:

Teesside Archives U/ML(4)/7

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Thornaby, Stockton on Tees

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ446192

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 4820

Map title:

'Plan of the borough of Stockton 1878 shewing new & projected streets compiled with the assistance of Mr James Hall C.E. Borough Engineer. Drawn and published by B.H. Heslop, Engraver, lithographer & printer, Stockton on Tees.'

Comments on map:

Presumably South Stockton is not so dependent on Ordnance Survey 1:2500?

Scale:

1:2500

Map-maker:

B.H. Heslop, Engraver, lithographer & printer, Stockton on Tees [dr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

141 x 103

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water: Water apparently hand-coloured.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, steps to buildings: Most of the map generalised without stairs to buildings: 'old core' shown to 1:2500 standards.

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, municipal depots: [Corporation Yard and Stable].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses, misc: YMCA; some workhouse appropriations indicated.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

county, borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

Teesside Archives U/ML (4)/7, U/S/168.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, ship yards, furniture/pottery, timber, uncertain, misc: Steam Mill; Coach Manufactory, Oil Cake Mill.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown: [An annotated area].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, ice-skating

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: In 'old core' only.

Ordnance Survey's

1854-5

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560