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Durham-Sunderland-1831

CBTM:
19158
Map Date:
22.11.1831
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/14
Historic county:
Durham
Town name:
Sunderland
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ406572
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 3458
Map title:
'A correct plan of the harbour and towns of Sunderland, Bp. Wearmouth and Mk. Wearmouth, respectfully inscribed to the Commissioners of the towns & the river by Thomas Robson 22nd. Nov. 1831.'
Comments on map:
Engraver not stated: second-rank work compared with the best (e.g. Oliver's Newcastle [Exeter 18640]). Table of population of constitutent places in 1811 and 1821, 'exclusive of sailors'.
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
Thomas Robson [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
71.0 x 52.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours, other: Mooring Posts, Commissioners' Mere Stones, Capstans, Cranes.
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Mooring Posts, Capstans, Cranes.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs, misc: Assembly Garth.
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, boundary mereings: 'Commissioners' Mere Stones'.
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] T72/14, Tyne & Wear Archives 1167/3 [1831]; Durham RO D/X 795/212 [?1840, but on 1826 paper]; Sunderland Library [photocopy of 1844].
Industry:
food/drink, glass, stone/builders' yards, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk, furniture/pottery, misc: Coal depots, drops and staiths.
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways, named
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
misc
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type: Graduated in 100, 10 and 2 yard divisions.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
rubbish tips
Dedicee of map:
Commissioners of Sunderland, Bishop Wearmouth and Monk Wear Mouth, and of the River Wear.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1855-7
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1895-6
1:2500
1:10,560
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