Yorks-Halifax-1835 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20255

Map Date:

1835

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:

'Halifax.'

Comments on map:

Probably derives from Day maps [Exeter 20253-4]: of his public buildings, only the Museum is new. This copy has been extracted from a book.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

James Day, Land Surveyor &c, Halifax [author], I. Dower, Pentonville, London [eng], Hartley & Walker [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.0 x 21.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

water: Routes of watercourses.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, offices

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Water House, routes of 'watercourses'.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals

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 [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, where no title is quoted].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Borders:

decorative

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560