Yorks-Bradford-1899 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20225

Map Date:

? 1899

Repository reference:

Bradford Central Library, Local Studies, B.912.GAS

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 City of Bradford as extended and adjoining districts.'

Comments on map:

Dating from West Yorkshire Archives and Bradford Central Library lists.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, Edinburgh & London [dr, lith], Henry Gaskarth, Sunbridge Road, Bradford [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

84.7 x 75.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings, boundaries, transport: Churches, schools, tramways.

Colouring:

boundaries, transport.: Tramways red.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, fire stations, gas works, rubbish destructors, reservoirs, sewage disposal

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican by St John's cross, chapels by black oblong blocks, Roman Catholic by Greek crosses.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Conditioning House.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

BBD 9/1/31/35, West Yorkshire Archives [Bradford] BBD 9/1/31/2.

Railways:

routes, sidings, goods depots, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: 'Midland Railway Company's projected line': mostly in tunnel, and omitted outside borough. [WYAS-B BBD 9/1/31/OS13 is Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 marked up with proposed city extension, 1898: it has 'Proposed Midland Railway Main Line' as on this Gaskarth map, not extending much beyond the city boundary (possibly implying source was a deposited plan), and so perhaps this extension map, or another like it, is the source of the oddity.]

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, baths/spa

Parkland:

public parks: With Band Stands.

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown, depots

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560