Yorks-Halifax-1827 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20254

Map Date:

1827

Repository reference:

Halifax Library, reference section, map drawer 3

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Halifax

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE096251

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 0425

Map title:

'Plan of the town & township of Halifax, with parts of the adjoining townships of Northowram, Southowram and Skircoat, by Thomas Day, 1827.'

Comments on map:

This seems to be an engraved version of Day's map [Exeter 20253], as the field etc numbers are the same.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Thomas Day [author], Franks & Johnson, Engravers, Wakefield [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

126 x 69

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

water: 'Watercourses'.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, offices

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: [Water House]; the 'watercourses', named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

trade halls, markets: [Piece Hall].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Halifax Library, reference section, map drawer 3, West Yorkshire Archives [Calderdale] HAS/B 20/47 [original]; Halifax Library, reference section [in Alan Betteridge & Derek Bridge, Maps and views of old Halifax from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Halifax: Ryburn Publishing, 1991].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, rope walk, textiles, abbatoirs: Textiles indicated by tenters.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Billiard Room.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: 'Halifax from Stony Royd'.

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Proposed Street.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Really seal: bottom centre of map].

Dedicee of map:

The gentlemen of the Committee for the new survey and valuation.

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560