Yorks-Bradford-1861
CBTM:
20214
Map Date:
? 1861
Repository reference:
WYAS Bradford 9/1/31/1, 9/1/31/33
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:
'Block plan of the town of Bradford, reduced from the large survey of the borough made for the corporation, revised & corrected to the present time by John Hart, Land Agent & Surveyor, Bradford. Lithographed & published by S.O. Bailey, Hustlers Buildings, Leeds Road, Bradford.
Comments on map:
Map omits the connection which enabled the Great Northern Railway to run directly into Bradford Exchange station, which was opened in 1867: Bradford Central Library have a reduced photocopy, which they date 1861.
Scale:
1:4320
Map-maker:
John Hart, Land Agent & Surveyor, Bradford [author], S.O. Bailey, Hustlers Buildings, Leeds Road, Bradford [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.3 x 68.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: Shadings for public buildings, churches and chapels.
Colouring:
Buildings: In grey: unusual treatment for the date.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings hatched more lightly than chapels.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Water Works Office.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Churches solid and named in gothic, chapels heavily hatched.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.93.86.3, West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] BBD 9/1/31/1, West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] BBD 9/1/31/28, Bradford Library BRA.1861.HAR [photocopy] [?1861] ; Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.34-41, MD 1639/4 [1861/1975: in Bradford in the nineteenth century shown in maps, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, Libraries Division, 1975]; BOL C17:70 Bradford (4) [1868]; RGS Eng & Wales S.127 [1870].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, textiles, timber, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, sidings, earthworks, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, Oddfellows
Borders:
latitude & longitude shown: At 5-second intervals.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Peel Mont].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Foundry.
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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