Northumberland-Newcastle upon Tyne-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19974

Map Date:

1852

Repository reference:

Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/1

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Newcastle upon Tyne

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NZ250640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2667

Map title:

'Plan of the ancient boundary of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, also of the Town Moor & Castle Leazes, showing intakes, drains & wayleaves.'

Comments on map:

Mostly boundaries: isolated streets and public buildings, producing a curious effect: a borderline case for inclusion in this database. Litho quality nearly up to engraved. References to wayleaves and intakes. Three enlargements of detail. For some notes on Thomas Oliver, see Exeter 18640.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Thomas Oliver, Picton Place [sv], M. & M.W. Lambert, Newcastle [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

77.5 x 63.5

Number of parts:

4

Colouring:

water, utilities

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Fragmentary.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Drains on Town Moor, in red.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Northumb.4o 12 [in A descriptive & historical account...of Newcastle..., pb. Lambert], Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/3/1.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes: [Mostly to fix boundaries].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Royal Arcade.

Tenement boundaries group:

very incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560