Yorks-Bradford-1882
CBTM:
20223
Map Date:
1.5.1882
Repository reference:
Bradford Central Library, Local Studies, BRA.1882.BRA.
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, Allerton & Heaton, also Thornbury in the township of Calverley with Farsley, and Tyersall in the township of Pudsey, from actual surveys revised & completed to the present time by B. Walker, surveyor & valuer. Exchange Buildings, Bradford, May 1882.'
Comments on map:
Date is that which it was entered at Stationer's Hall. The map looks as though it derives from an engraved original. Style generally mimics Ordnance Survey though with some variations, e.g. style of naming districts and wards.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
B. Walker, surveyor & valuer [sv], S.O. Bailey, Lithographer & Engraver, Leeds Road, Bradford [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
104.5 x 73.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, Buildings, boundaries: 'Dwelling Houses, Mills, &c', Public Buildings.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, rubbish destructors, sewage disposal, misc: Water Works Conduit.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Shown but not described in inner built-up area; Anglican 'Church' in gothic with cross.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds: With Band Stand.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, township, Ward, boundary markers
Known copies of map:
Bradford Library BRA.1882.BRA, Bradford Library B.912.4274.WAL, West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] BBD 9/1/31/OS7 [dirty: wards emphasised in MS], West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] BBD 9/1/31/OS 21 [wards emphasised in MS] [1882]; Bradford Library BRA.1883.BAC/2 [1883.c: with squaring: Pl.64]; BRA.1883.BAC [1883.c: no squaring, Pl.65]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: Pl 65 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: Pl.65 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; Bradford Library BRA.1885.BAC [1885: Pl.25]; BOL C15 c.1 [1889: Pl.64 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; Bradford Library BRA.1892.WAL [1892: Walker].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, rope walk, textiles, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Mills, Works; Offices, Forges, Model shops, Solid Tyre Mill indicated at Bowling Iron Works.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways: No details under roofs. South-west of Exchange station is 'Lan' & Yorke. Ry. goods sidings and warehouses', without any internal details.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, baths/spa
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, unspecified
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Proposed roads and streets.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
misc: Several Troughs in rural parts.
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
spoil heaps: Cinder Hills.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
some inns
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: Not over-supplied: Liverpool datum.
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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