Durham-Sunderland-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19976

Map Date:

1853

Repository reference:

Tyne & Wear Archives 853/2

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 3558

Map title:

'Plan of the towns of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth & Monkwearmouth, the River Wear, Sunderland Dock, and Monkwearmouth Dock, shewing the shipping places the number & position of the moorings the number of berths assigned to each, the manufactories, ship building yards &c on the river...'

Comments on map:

Unclear who printed it. No more detailed than Meik & Morgan [Exeter 19975]. Includes 1:7920 extension to Biddick. At bottom is long note 'Remarks on the tides'.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Stephen Dinning, Surveyor &c Newcastle on Tyne [sv].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

149 x 80

Number of parts:

2

Legends:

boundaries, other: Light berths in river (unfilled 'ship' in plan), loaded ditto (heavy hatched), ditto and docks (lighter hatch).

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, quays, misc: Harbour Masters Office, Berths in river, Crane, Masting Crane, Ballast Quay, Floating Docks, Masting Apparatus.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, township, Ward

Known copies of map:

Tyne & Wear Archives 853/2.

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, glass, ship yards, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles: [Patent Shipways].

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, learned societies: ['Lodge'].

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Ferries:

ferry, landings

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Lime Kilns.

Dedicee of map:

Chairman & Commissioners of the River Wear.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only: [One hotel].

Ordnance Survey's

1855-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560