Newcastle upon Tyne-1802 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19958

Map Date:

1802

Repository reference:

Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies, L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, map no. 4)

Town name:

Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ250640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2664

Map title:

'Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead 1802'.

Comments on map:

Note bottom centre says that engraved for the History of Newcastle upon Tyne, published by Vint & Anderson. Scale measured as 1 inch to 185 yards, 1:6660. Rather light on names and descriptions.

Scale:

1:6660

Map-maker:

I.A. Kidd [eng], Vint & Anderson [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.7 x 33.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

Berwick RO 740/P58, BOL G.A.Northumb. 8o 40, Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, map no.4) [1802]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [Cr.230734] [photo]; Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.962252A, LRS 9214-9216] [in Four maps of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18020-70, Newcastle City Library, 1993].

Industry:

glass, rope walk, misc: Shot Factory.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: On either side of the title oval, a merman in the sea holds a webb-footed horse's snout.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom righish: 'A front view of the Exchange'.

Symbolic elements:

Mermen and sea-horses: surround title.

Cemeteries:

shown: Ballast Hill Burying Ground.

Ordnance Survey's

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560