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Newcastle upon Tyne-1886

CBTM:
19991
Map Date:
? 1886
Repository reference:
Newcastle upon Tyne central library L.912.2 N536
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:
'Kelly's Directory map of Newcastle.'
Comments on map:
Derived from Ordnance Survey 1:10,560, being mixture of direct photocopy with most heights, administrative boundary mereings, etc, duffed out, and redrawing. Not very good image-quality overall. Noted in manuscript as '1886'.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Kelly & Co., London & Kingston [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
87.8 x 68.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays, misc: Staiths.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates: Anglican in built-up areas. Less built-up Anglican retain status of living.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries: ['The Castle' in gothic].
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, borough, Parish
Known copies of map:
Kelly's Directory of Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, North & South Shields & suburbs [Newcastle & suburbs 1886-7]: BL PP.2505.yci [1883, 1886], PP.2505.ych [1887]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.C2 648474] [1886].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk, furniture/pottery, timber, misc: Lampblack Manufactories.
Railways:
routes, sidings, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: With Refreshment Room, Ice Ho, Boat Ho, Fish Pond [all symptomatic of OS].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
ballast hills, relict extraction: Old coal shafts.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated, misc: 'Estate completed' written over several areas on west of Newcastle.
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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