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Yorks-Bradford-1873

CBTM:
19750
Map Date:
1873
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5985 (5)
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 the borough of Bradford, comprising the townships of Bradford, Bowling, Horton, Manningham & Bolton, from actual surveys revised & completed to the present time by Walker and Virr, surveyors & valuers.'
Comments on map:
Appears to be a reduction from Dixon [Exeter 19749], but lacking much of its urban fine detail, and consequent interest. Dated June 1873; entered at Stationers Hall, July 1873.
Scale:
1:10,800
Map-maker:
Walker & Virr, Exchange Buildings, Bradford [sv], S.O. Bailey, Lithographer & Engraver, Leeds Road, Bradford [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
70.7 x 73.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, Buildings, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Legend suggests that dwelling houses distinguished, but not really so.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, township, Ward
Known copies of map:
Maps 5985(5), BOL C17:70 Bradford (2), Bradford Library BRA.1873.WAL, CUL Maps.93.87.2.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, textiles, timber, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, rails, passenger stations: Style of completed lines very much that of Ordnance Survey.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown
Stated measuerments:
spot heights
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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