Newcastle upon Tyne-1846
CBTM:
19961
Map Date:
1846
Repository reference:
Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies, L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, map no. 15)
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 towns of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead showing their recent and proposed improvements. 1846.'
Comments on map:
A clean-cut map, evidently from a book.
Scale:
1:15,840*
Map-maker:
Mark Hall Gibson, Engraver &c, Newcastle upon Tyne [eng, ? pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
10.8 x 15.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
coastguard
Welfare and charitable:
blind, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, misc: Mendicity Asylum, Trinity House.
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
bazaars, exchanges, markets: [Victoria Bazaar].
Known copies of map:
Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, Map no. 15).
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies, misc: Northern Counties Club House.
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Business & commercial:
misc: Commercial Sale Room.
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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