Durham-Sunderland-1877 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19944

Map Date:

1877

Repository reference:

Durham RO EP/Biw 210

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:

'New plan of the town of Sunderland including Bishop Wearmouth, Monk Wearmouth & Southwick by Thomas Younger, Borough Surveyor, 1876-7.'

Comments on map:

Scale measured as 1.82 inches to 0.25 mile, 1:8703. One of those maps with an irritating lack of text in the built-up area.

Scale:

1:8640

Map-maker:

Thomas Younger [author], John Christie, Caxton House, Newcastle upon Tyne [eng, pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.5 x 73.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Uncaptioned boxes, bottom right, possibly for ad hoc annotation.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous emphasised buildings, but not many are described.

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, breakwaters, harbours, lighthouses, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only: Some of the undescribed emphasised buildings are presumably churches.

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, township, Ward

Known copies of map:

Sunderland Library [1873]; Durham RO EP/Biw 210, Sunderland Library [1876]; Sunderland Library [1876-7]; Sunderland Library [1877]; Sunderland Library [1878].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, ship yards: Other industry shown in plan, but not annotated, e.g. the potteries.

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left, balancing title: Sunderland Bridge.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Reference system:

squaring: 0.25-mile.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1855-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560