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Durham-Sunderland-1883

CBTM:
19977
Map Date:
1883
Repository reference:
Sunderland Library local studies
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 borough of Sunderland by R.S. Rounthwaite, Borough Engineer, 1883.'
Comments on map:
Scale bar measures a little larger than 1:10,560. Looks somewhat similar to the Christie-Younger map of 1873, etc [Exeter 19944].
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
R.S. Rounthwaite, Borough Engineer [author], R. Youll, Sunderland [pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.2 x 53.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, piers
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, misc: Theological Institute.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
Sunderland Library [1883]; Sunderland Library [1883: Infectious Diseases]; Sunderland Library [1885: Infectious Diseases]; Sunderland Library, Tyne & Wear Archives 1167/8 [1891]; Sunderland Library [diseases versions by Alfred E. Harris, Medical Officer of Health: 1883, 1885, 1886, 1888; ditto by John Cundell Wood, Medical Officer of Health: 1892, 1893; anon, 1896-7] BOL G.A.Durham 8o 65 [1897: Hills & Co. [pb, in James Patterson, A guide to Sunderland and environs..., 3rd ed]; Sunderland Library [1901: diseases version]; Sunderland Library [1911: diseases version].
Industry:
glass, ship yards, misc: Print Works.
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1855-7
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1895-6
1:2500
1:10,560
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