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Yorks-Huddersfield-1778

CBTM:
19754
Map Date:
1778
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 177.a.2
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:
'Town of Huddersfield in the West Riding of the county of York from a survey in the month of December 1778.'
Comments on map:
Recorded using Huddersfield maps from 1634, Huddersfield Public Libraries, 1971: monochrome copy, with no indication of size of original. Fields comprehensively named, but otherwise little text on map, which is evidently for estate purposes, with the commissioning estate's plots numbered for a reference [not present]. Scale and dimensions adjusted for 1:1584.
Scale:
1:1584
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40 x 56
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, uncertain: Possibly coloured by owner.
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, depots/yards, warehousing
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] SR2 (end) [original], BLML Maps 177.a.2, BOL C17:63 a.3, Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.47 [in Huddersfield maps from 1634, Huddersfield Public Libraries, 1971].
Industry:
textiles: [Tenter Ground].
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1848-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1887-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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