Northumberland-Newcastle upon Tyne-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19963

Map Date:

1855

Repository reference:

Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies, L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, map no. 16)

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Newcastle upon Tyne

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ250640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2664

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne shewing the sewerage. 1855.'

Comments on map:

Reference to Principal Sewers and Minor Outfalls of Drains is both to location and to a separate report. Rather light on text, apart from street names. The real interest is that it is colour-printed.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Thomas Bryson, Town Surveyor [? author], A. Reid, 117 Pilgrim St, Newcastle [pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.3 x 46.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, utilities: Colour-printed: buildings grey, a stream light blue. Not outstanding, but quite enterprising for the time.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Various buildings, including churches, are hatched, but they aren't named or described.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, sewers: Sewers mostly red, a few dark blue.

Defence and military:

barracks

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, Map no.16).

Railways:

routes, named

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560