Yorks-Bradford-1880 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19888

Map Date:

13.11.1880

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/75

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 townships of Bradford, Horton, Bowling, Manningham & Bolton, forming the Borough of Bradford, revised and corrected from actual surveys by Joseph Hardwick, Assoc. Inst. C.E. Bradford 1880'.

Comments on map:

Map date is stated date of registration at Stationers Hall.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Joseph Hardwick, Assoc. Inst. C.E., Bradford [author], S.O. Bailey, Lithographer & Engraver, Leeds Road, Bradford [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

109 x 116

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, Buildings, boundaries, other: Churches, Chapels, Schools 'shaded' [cross-hatched], 'Dwelling Houses, Mills &c' [hatched], Public Buildings [hatched, emphasised casing], altitudes, Distances (milestones?) from Town Hall.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, rubbish destructors, reservoirs, sewage disposal, misc: Corporation Staith.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: 'Church' in gothic, 'Chapel' in ordinary writing.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, township, Ward

Known copies of map:

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford, 52D79/5 [treated as miscellaneous map, Exeter 16667]; Bradford Central Library, Local Studies, BRA.1880.HAR, B.912.42817.HAR. This mapping was also used for 'Plan of the town [1898: city] and environs of Bradford, specially prepared for the Post Office Bradford directory, 1883 [etc]': examples in Bradford Central Library at BRA.1883.BYL [1883], BRA.1887.BYL [1887] [also West Yorkshire Archive Service [Bradford] 96.C.40], BRA.1891.BYL [1891], BRA.1893.BYL [1893], BRA.1898.BYL [1898], BRA.1900.BYL/2 [1900: not found, 11:9:02]. WYAS-B 11D81 [1894: fragile] is presumably this as well. Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.34-41, MD 1639/4 [1887-8/1975: in Bradford in the nineteenth century shown in maps, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, Libraries Division, 1975].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, food/drink, oil/soap etc, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Numerous Mills. At the Bowling Iron Works, Cinder Hills, Steel Works, Model Shops and Solid Tyre Mill are indicated.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: With Band Stand.

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [A few mill ownerships].

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Monuments:

statues: [Salt Statue].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

spoil heaps: Undescribed mounds might be spoil-heaps.

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Distances (milestones?) from Town Hall.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Related to Liverpool.

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560