Newcastle upon Tyne-1863
CBTM:
23153
Map Date:
1863
Repository reference:
BL 10358.d.46
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 to Reid's Hand Book of Newcastle. 1863'.
Comments on map:
F.p. xii of J. Collingwood Bruce, A handbook to Newcastle-on-Tyne, London: Longman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [sic]: Andrew Reid, 1863.
Scale:
1:23,760
Map-maker:
S. Dinning, Surveyor [? author], A. Reid, Newcastle [eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
29.5 x 16.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Roman wall (black plate), time gun (red plate).
Colouring:
other: Red overprint to show delay in seconds of firing time-gun at 13.00 GMT, from data supplied by C. Piazza Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Wash Houses.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets, misc: Arcade, Coal Trade Office.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BL 10358.d.46.
Industry:
engineering, metallurgical processing
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Walls, castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners: [A few large engineering works, e.g. Stephenson's and Armstrong's].
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Stated measuerments:
other: Time gun circles.
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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