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Yorks-Huddersfield-1828

CBTM:
20273
Map Date:
1828
Repository reference:
West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] MC1
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Huddersfield
Map type:
Utility
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 made for the Commissioners of the Water Works shewing the pipes and their diameters within a circle whose radius is 770 yards 1828.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from a photograph of less than ideal resolution. Detailed buildings, but not much text.
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
Thomas Dunsley, Huddersfield [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
125.0 x 96.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
sanitation
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water, utilities
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, gas mains, water mains, water works, misc: Gas pipes red, cast iron water mains yellow, lead water mains blue; valves, water plugs, stopcocks, Mains which convey water from Longwood.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls, markets: [Cloth Hall].
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] MC1.
Stated measuerments:
spot heights, other: Gas and water main pipe diameters; limited number of spot heights, for which the datum is not given.
Ordnance Survey's
1848-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1887-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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