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Newcastle upon Tyne-1878

CBTM:
19724
Map Date:
1878
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 19.a.42, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/86, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/139
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:
[1:5280, map:] 'Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. Reduced from the actual surveys of the Borough Engineer 1878.' [1:10,560, map and cover:] 'Reid's new plan of Newcastle upon Tyne. and Gateshead. Reduced from the actual survey of the Borough Engineer 1879.'
Comments on map:
This exists in two versions: 1:5280, dated 1878 [TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/139], and a photo-reduction at 1:10,560, dated 1879. In general content is similar, but only 1:5280 names the surveyor and has the dedication and boundaries: it also has a more elaborate coat of arms. [Not same engraving as Oliver [Exeter 19723].] Style is generally akin to Ordnance Survey, though on the parent 1:5280 'minor names' are written rather larger.
Scale:
1:5280
Map-maker:
Robert Boston Junr [sv], Andrew Reid, Printing Court Buildings, Newcastle on Tyne [only 'Newcastle' on 1:10,560] [eng, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
75.0 x 111.5 [1:5280; 1:10,560 is 54.8 x 36.2].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries: 1:5280 only.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, borough, Parish, township: [These are only on the 1:5280 version].
Known copies of map:
Published in 1:5280 and 1:10,560 versions. 1:5280: CUL Maps.b.79.87.1, Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc.Cr.D840], TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/139, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/17, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/7, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/14/4/1-3 [1878]; Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/14/2 [1882]. 1:10,560: BLML Maps 19.a.42, CUL Maps.b.79.87.2, Northumberland RO 323/21, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/86, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/18, D/NCP/3/8, D/NCP/3/9 [1879]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.92896] [1880]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.92454], Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/14/2, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/14/3, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/19, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/20, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/10, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/11, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/15, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/16 [1882]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: G.W. Bacon: 1:10,560, 41 x 31, in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles: Pl 82]; National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: G.W. Bacon: 1:10,560, 41 x 31, in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles: pl.82]; BOL C15 c.1 [1885: G.W. Bacon: 1:10,560, 41 x 31, in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles: Pl 83]; Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/12, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/16 [1885]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.940318] [xerox] [1885]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.1724, LRS 2133, LRS 3368] [1886: New wards, adopted 2:6:86, 36 x 55]; BOL C17:70 Newcastle-upon-Tyne (6), Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.97388], Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/18, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/19 [1887]; CUL Maps.bb.18.G.113 [G.W. Bacon: 1:10,560, 41 x 31, in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles: plate 83]; BOL C15.c3 [1889: G.W. Bacon: 1:10,560, 41 x 31, in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles: Pl 89]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.398377A] [1889]; CUL Maps 79.88.2 [1889: for British Association]; Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/7/38 [1890]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.961276A] [1890, 1:7920]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.13719], Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/40 [1892, 1:10,560, 56 x 37]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.9341], TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/345 [1899: 1:7920: Dinning [author]: cover extended, 91 x 67]; Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/23 [1900: 1:7920: 91 x 67].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, timber, misc: Tobacco and Bottle Works, Cooperage.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Grey Monument].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown
Dedicee of map:
'Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Sheriff and Council of Newcastle'.
Ordnance Survey's
1894
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