Yorks-Halifax-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20258

Map Date:

1885

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:

'Map of the borough of Halifax in the West Riding of the county of York 1885.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from Alan Betteridge & Derek Bridge, Maps and views of old Halifax from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Halifax: Ryburn Publishing, 1991: original not available on 3:10:02. The map claims to derive from the Ordnance Survey of 1869-70, but this is perhaps a reference to the 1:360 mapping described at Exeter 20260.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

E. Escott [author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

60 x 80 [approximate].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

misc: Site of Gibbet.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

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].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, ice-skating

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, mechanics institutes, Oddfellows, unspecified, misc: Institute.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560