Yorks-Doncaster-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20355

Map Date:

1855

Repository reference:

Doncaster Archives, AB/ARCH/1/22

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Doncaster

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE575033

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 6105

Map title:

'Map of the townships of Doncaster and Wheatley in the parish of Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire 1855'.

Comments on map:

Fields numbered outside town: no book of reference available. Might be for rating, and derived from an earlier survey: the railways, 'New Cut' and some outlying buildings and woods are in red, yet the map is dated 1855, and the latest railway dates from 1852, and field numbering has not been altered to take account of the railways.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

J. Alexander, Surveyor, Doncaster [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

128.0 x 95.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water, boundaries, transport.: Railway and associated buildings in red.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Frontages only.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: [Racecourse with mileposts, Grand Stand and Winning Post].

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

Doncaster Archives AB/ARCH/1/22 [no book of ref available].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named: Railways by centre-lines only; station and locomotive works appear, undescribed.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

keyboard type: Possibly applied mechanically?

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1850

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560