Yorks-Bradford-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19889

Map Date:

? 1887

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/16

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, published by S.O. Bailey, Lithographer & Engraver, No.5. Leeds Road, Bradford.'

Comments on map:

Undated: date 22 April 1887 added in manuscript. [Does not derive from Exeter 19888.] Marked lack of industrial descriptions.

Scale:

1:8640

Map-maker:

S.O. Bailey, Lithographer & Engraver, Leeds Road, Bradford [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

30.3 x 48.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

land-use, other: Public, etc, buildings red, parks green.

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:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2509.e [1872: with Smith's Directory of Bradford]; TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/167 [1887].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Monuments:

statues: [Salt Statue].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560