Yorks-Bradford-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20217

Map Date:

1832

Repository reference:

Bradford Central Library, Local Studies, BRA.1832.WOO

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Bradford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE163329

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 1633

Map title:

'Plan of Bradford from actual survey by John Wood 1832.'

Comments on map:

Unfortunately only a transcript version, 'Printed by Mountain Press, Queensbury, in 1967' is available: lithography is conjectured. The ownerships are shown, but the ancillary information, including the reference to buildings, is omitted.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

John Wood [sv].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47 x 45

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Bradford Library BRA.1832.WOO.

Industry:

food/drink

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [Not in more built-up part].

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560