Northumberland-North Shields-1826 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19917

Map Date:

1826

Repository reference:

BOL c17:2 a.1

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

North Shields, Tynemouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ355685

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 3067

Map title:

'Plan of the towns of North Shields and Tynemouth from actual survey. 1826.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, 1991. 'The environs are sketched', bottom left.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

John Wood, Surveyor, Barnard Castle [sv, pb], A. Forrester, Edinburgh [eng?], Sold at Shields.

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.8 x 63.3, 39.3 x 63.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, colours, boundaries

Colouring:

boundaries, owners: Duke of Newcastle's property.

Road names:

generally: None in Tynemouth.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

lighthouses, navigation aids, quays, misc: Staiths, Landings, High, Low and Old lighthouses, Beacon (with pictogram).

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

LX

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Forts].

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:2 a.1, CUL Atlas.2.99.2, Darlington Local Studies Library U400.a.40 L.C. [72505], NLS Map.Fac.b.C17, Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.96211A, Cr.95137A] [in Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Frank Graham, 1991].

Industry:

food/drink, rope walk, textiles

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts].

Relief:

prominent hills

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Intended Chain Bridge, Intended Streets.

Miscellaneous street furniture:

8 Mile Stone.

Stated measuerments:

soundings: In river, in feet.

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