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Newcastle upon Tyne-1857

CBTM:
18495
Map Date:
[1857]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas 4.86.7
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
Comments on map:
In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257].
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr & engr illns], The London Printing and Publishing Company [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
33.7 x 25.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Several buildings emphasised but not described.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2 [1860.c], Newcastle Library [L912] [acc. Cr.238276] [1857.c]; RGS Eng & Wales S.674 [Whitehall Press c.1978]; 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:
uncertain: Probably quite a lot, but lack of description.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At top and to left: five vignettes of buildings and views.
Borders:
decorative
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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