Newcastle upon Tyne-1844
CBTM:
19723
Map Date:
1844
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 4560 (1)
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 the borough of Newcastle comprising the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne and part of the county of Northumberland together with Gateshead from an actual survey by Thomas Oliver Architect & Surveyor, 1844.'
Comments on map:
Includes table of population of districts at the 1841 census. For some notes on Thomas Oliver, see Exeter 18640.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Thomas Oliver, Architect & Surveyor, 5 Picton Place, Newcastle [sv], W.H. Lizars, Edinr [eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
113.0 x 86.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, boundaries, land-use: Public & private buildings, woods & plantations, gardens, hills and rising grounds; boundaries; note that field numbers refer to a book of reference.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: A few staiths.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds, misc: Racquet Court.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, borough, Parish, township, Ward: [Town & county of Newcastle].
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 4560(1), CUL Maps.c.18.G.47-, Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.412064A, Cr.D.1701, 144411, LRS 3664, LRS 412064A, Cr.D1150: refce at [LO42] Cr.07517(11)], Northumberland RO 324/G7, Northumberland RO 347/106, Tyne & Wear Archives 1677/2, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/14, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/15, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/16 [refce].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Relief:
slopes shown
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Grey's Monument].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
ballast hills, relict industry: Old Engine.
Dedicee of map:
Most Worshipful Thomas Dunn, Esq., Mayor, and Recorder, Aldermen, Sheriff and Town Council of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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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