Yorks-Barnsley-1856
CBTM:
17354
Map Date:
1856
Repository reference:
Sheffield Archives NBC 391 R
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Barnsley
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SE343065
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SE 3506
Comments on map:
Sheet line layout indicates 18 sheets, evidently of 1:528.
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
Day & Son Lithrs to the Queen [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
131 x 97
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: Unnamed hatched buildings in town centre.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Named Wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
Sheffield Archives NBC 391 R, Barnsley Archives [no trace of 1:528].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, lime/cement, timber, uncertain: Named mills.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, rails, passenger stations: Running lines only; Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Barnsley Branch is single track, '(in course of formation)'.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, spot heights: Spot heights and bench marks to 0.01 ft, others to 1 ft; evidently referred to Ordnance Datum.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1850
1:1056
1:10,560
1888
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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