Durham-Sunderland-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19941

Map Date:

1850

Repository reference:

Durham RO D/X 795/213

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:

'Plan of the borough, docks & port of Sunderland by Thos Robson, 62 Fawcet Street, 1850.'

Comments on map:

Extensive reference to notable buildings written across some detail: is this a pre-1850 production updated? Scale graduated as '1' to '5' yards: presumably 100 to 500 is meant, which makes sense.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Thos Robson, 62 Fawcet St [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.0 x 36.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, lighthouses, piers, quays, misc: Standage for Coal Wagons, proposed new works.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works, misc: Gas and water company offices.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Durham RO D/X 795/213.

Industry:

engineering, glass, lime/cement, ship yards, furniture/pottery

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [What appear to be a few large owners].

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, learned societies

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

ballast hills

Ordnance Survey's

1855-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560