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Yorks-Bradford-1857

CBTM:
18490
Map Date:
[1857]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7
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:
'Bradford, Yorkshire.'
Comments on map:
In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257].
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr & engr illns], London Printing and Publishing Company [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
33.7 x 25.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not named.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Bradford Library BRA.c1854.RAP, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2 [original]; Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.37; Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.34-41, MD 1639/4 [1975: in Bradford in the nineteenth century shown in maps, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, Libraries Division, 1975]; RGS Eng & Wales S.667 [Whitehall Press, c.1978]; BOL G1 C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, metallurgical processing, uncertain, textiles: Numerous mills.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round map: seven vignettes of buildings.
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits: Also Old Coal Pits.
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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