Yorks-Bradford-1872 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21358

Map Date:

1872

Repository reference:

BL PP.2509.e

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:

'Pocket block plan of the town of Bradford.'

Comments on map:

Facing title of Smith's Directory of Bradford, London and Bradford: Simpkin, Marshall, and T. Brear, [1872]. 'Presented with Smith's Directory of Bradford, 1872', top centre. The relationship of this to the 1861 John Hart map [Exeter 20214] has not been determined: it is possible that they are from the same source. The preface indicates that this is the first issue of this directory.

Scale:

1:8800

Map-maker:

S.O. Bailey, Lithographer & Engraver, Hustler's Bdgs, Leeds Road, Bradford [pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.2 x 34.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

AV

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2509.e.

Railways:

routes, sidings, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: ['Oastler' and 'Peel'].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560