Newcastle upon Tyne-1827
CBTM:
19916
Map Date:
1827
Repository reference:
BOL c17:2 a.1
Town name:
Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ256640
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 2664
Map title:
'Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead made by John Wood 1827.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, 1991.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
John Wood, Land Surveyor, Paradise, by Barnard Castle [sv, pb], W. Murphy, Edinburgh [eng], Mr Finlay, Mosley Street, Newcastle [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.7 X 63.7, 47.5 X 63.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours, boundaries
Colouring:
other: 'The houses coloured red are not built'.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Staiths, Ballast Crane.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Towers along wall named in detail in reference.
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Trinity House.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Racquet Court.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, boundary markers: [County of Newcastle, with bound stones].
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Newcastle on Tyne b.1 [1984: Frank Graham]; BOL C17:2 a.1, CUL Atlas.2.99.2, Darlington Local Studies Library U400.a.40 L.C. [72505], NLS Map.Fac.b.C17, Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.96211A, Cr.95137A] [in Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Frank Graham, 1991].
Industry:
glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, misc: Flint Mill; Fire Works [unclear what this is].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, misc: Exhibition Room.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Grey Friars.
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners, owners shown incompletely: [Some larger owners in the more open parts, and a few industrial premises].
Road transport:
coach office: [General Coach Office].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Extractive activity:
coal
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Proposed Streets.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Newcastle, with supporters].
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
soundings: In river, presumably in feet.
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
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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