Yorks-Huddersfield-1826 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19757

Map Date:

1826

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 177.a.2

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Huddersfield

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE144164

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 1118

Comments on map:

Recorded using Huddersfield maps from 1634, Huddersfield Public Libraries, 1971: monochrome copy, with no indication of size of original. Seems to be reproduced at scale (or enlarged?). Purpose unclear: could be 'public'.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

George Crosland Oakes [?] [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

51.0 x 39.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

trade halls, markets: [Cloth Hall].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] MC1 [original], BLML Maps 177.a.2, BOL C17:63 a.3, Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.49 [in Huddersfield maps from 1634, Huddersfield Public Libraries, 1971].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, riding schools

Ordnance Survey's

1848-9

1:1056

1:10,560

1887-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560