Yorks-Huddersfield-1778
CBTM:
20275
Map Date:
12.1778
Repository reference:
West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] DD/RE; SR 2 (16E)
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Huddersfield
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SE144164
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SE 1118
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Huddersfield in the West Riding of the county of york belonging to Sir John Ramsden Bart. from a survey in December 1778.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from reduced-scale photocopy (scale and dimensions compensated) in Almondbury & Huddersfield: a map collection 1634-1860, Huddersfield: Kirklees Libraries, 1990. Cover of the town appears fairly complete.
Scale:
1:3168
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
69 x 52
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls, markets: [Cloth Hall].
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] DD/RE, SR2 (16E).
Industry:
textiles: [Indicated by tenter grounds].
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Ordnance Survey's
1848-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1887-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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