Newcastle upon Tyne-1808
CBTM:
18408
Map Date:
1.2.1808
Repository reference:
RGS 7.E.7
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:
'Newcastle upon Tyne & Gateshead'.
Comments on map:
For The Beauties of England & Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810. Note as to town being formerly divided into 24 wards, related to town walls, of which dimensions are given. Unusually for this series of maps, there is no mention of the director of the work.
Scale:
1:6000
Map-maker:
G. Cole [dr], J. Roper [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
23.4 x 18.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Coal Staith.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17 c.5, BOL Montagu Illustr.41, Gateshead Library MP 1/30, Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, map no.6), LL912.1 G259, RGS 7.E.7, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/9; Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.962252A, LRS 9214-9216] [in Four maps of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1802-70, Newcastle City Library, 1993]; BOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL C17:70 Newcastle on Tyne b.1 [1984: Frank Graham]; BOL G1/ C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].
Industry:
glass, metallurgical processing, rope walk
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Antiquities:
Hadrians Vallum, Severus Wall.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: St Nicholas church.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
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
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