North Shields-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19972

Map Date:

? 1885

Repository reference:

Tyne & Wear Archives [open access]

Town name:

North Shields, Tynemouth, South Shields

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ355685

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 3067

Map title:

'Street plan of North Shields. Specially designed for easy reference.' 'Street plan of South Shields. Specially designed for easy reference.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1885-6 in pencil. In two halves, from a common original: the South Shields part omits a few streets at the north end, which are covered by the North Shields part. On blue paper.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

[Ward, Newcastle [pb].]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.2 x 18.0, 42.0 x 17.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, lighthouses, quays, misc: Colliery Drops.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

Tyne & Wear Archives [open access].

Industry:

chemicals, glass: More only apparent in plan.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal

Monuments:

Monuments: [Collingwood Meml.].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1854-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1854-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1854-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560