Yorks-Bradford-1893
CBTM:
18992
Map Date:
[1893]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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:
'Central Bradford'.
Comments on map:
In M.J.B. Baddeley, Yorkshire (Part II)... [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau, ed 2, 1893, f.p.31, and ed 3, 1897, f.p.31. Scale measured as 1.125 inch to 200 yards, 1:6400.
Scale:
1:6400
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author, pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.2 x 15.4 [map area]; 21.0 x 15.4 [with reference].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
RGS Library [in M.J.B. Baddeley, Yorkshire (Part II)... [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau, ed 2, 1893, f.p.31, and ed 3, 1897, f.p.31].
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Clubs and societies:
misc: Church Institute.
Monuments:
statues: [Several named statues].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only, eating houses: [Reference has 4 hotels and 4 restaurants, one of them Cafe (Temperance), and they duly appear (in eye-achingly small lettering) on the map].
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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