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Newcastle upon Tyne-1849

CBTM:
19962
Map Date:
1849
Repository reference:
Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies, L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, map no. 11)
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 from actual survey by Thomas Oliver Archt 3 Picton Place Newcastle upon Tyne 1849.'
Comments on map:
For some notes on Thomas Oliver, see Exeter 18640.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
Thomas Oliver, Architect, 3 Picton Place, Newcastle upon Tyne [sv, pb], W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.3 x 28.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
bazaars, exchanges, markets, misc: [Victoria Bazaar].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, township
Known copies of map:
Newcastle Library Newcastle map portfolio (map no.11), Northumberland RO 578/382 [1849]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, Map no. 12) [1851], [also acc. Cr.92455]; CUL Atlas.7.85.19, Newcastle Library [L.942.82] N5360 [acc. D.1152 LRS 3367, LRS 453874A] [1851, in T. Oliver, The Topographical Conductor]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr 956180A, LRS 6597] [1851: Four maps of Newcastle, N-uT city lib: date?]; Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.91414] [1857].
Industry:
metallurgical processing, paper/print
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies, misc: Northern Club House.
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits: Pictorial.
Monuments:
Monuments: [Grey's Monument].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
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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