Yorks-Bradford-1856
CBTM:
19749
Map Date:
1856
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5986 (1), WYAS Bradford 52D79/13
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:
'Map of the borough of Bradford, comprising the townships of Bradford, Bowling, Horton & Manningham, from actual surveys made in the years 1844, 1845 & 1846, by Thomas Dixon, land & mineral surveyor, Bradford, June 1846.'
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Thomas Dixon, Land & Mineral Surveyor, Bradford [sv], J. & C. Walker, 9 Castle St, Holborn, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
136 x 110
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, Buildings, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Water Depot, Old Water Works Spring.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
stocks
Defence and military:
barracks, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, township, boundary markers
Known copies of map:
Bradford Library BRA.1844.DIX [1846]; BLML Maps 5986(1), BOL C17:70 Bradford (5), Borthwick CC.EC 11/25, /26 [? fragmentary], CUL Maps.93.85.1, West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] 52D79/13 (also /12, /15) [1856].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, food/drink, metallurgical processing, uncertain, textiles, timber, misc: Cinder Ovens; numerous undescribed mills.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, rails, passenger stations: Track layouts not very complete.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: [Public Gardens: possibly proprietory].
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
South-west view of infirmary.
Relief:
prominent hills: [Steeper slopes: 'tasteful'].
Borders:
keyboard type
Extractive activity:
coal, metal ore, quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, misc: Lister, Rawson, Bridges, Paley.
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict extraction: Numerous suggestions of bell-pits.
Street tramways:
routes shown
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: Liverpool datum.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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