Yorks-Barnsley-1822 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20297

Map Date:

1822

Repository reference:

Barnsley Library, local studies section

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Barnsley

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE343065

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 3506

Map title:

'A plan of the township of Barnsley in the West Riding of the county of York copied from the award plan in 1822 by Willm. Porter Garforth'.

Comments on map:

Described in Barnsley Library's handlist as 'Poor Law Board' plan, but it is unclear from the map why this should be so: it looks more like an illustration of the 1822 police district. There are evidently later additions and revisions to the map in red, sienna and carmine: these have been taken account of in the record here. The field-numbering may reflect an enclosure map origin, with the new-enclosed areas taking the highest numbers. The numbering system and the lack of tenement divisions rather go against the use of this map for urban rating.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

William Porter, Garforth [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

176 x 177

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, other: Former commons banded green, former open fields banded pink; revisions in red, sienna and carmine; church red.

Road names:

outside built-up area only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: But not too generalised.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, wharf: [Evidently added later: mileages, Lock House, Aqueduct, various wharfs, e.g. Stone Wharf, Lime & Timber Wharf].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

fairgrounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Probably police boundary defined by Act of 1822 [cf Exeter 20272].

Known copies of map:

Barnsley Library, local studies section.

Industry:

chemicals: [One colliery has Cinder Ovens].

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Oddfellows

Commons:

shown: [Former commons (and open fields)].

Extractive activity:

coal

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1850

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560