Yorks-Idle-1871 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20229

Map Date:

1871

Repository reference:

Bradford Central Library, Local Studies, IDE.1871.SMI

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Idle

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE176378

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 1738

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Idle, revised & corrected to the present time, by Samuel Smith, Land Agent & surveyor, Bradford & Idle, 1871.'

Comments on map:

Purpose unclear: for local board?

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

Samuel Smith, Land Agent & surveyor, Bradford & Idle [author], S.O. Bradley, Bradford [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.8 x 41.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican named in gothic.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Bradford Library IDE.1871.SMI.

Industry:

uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, rails, misc: Site for station.

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Oddfellows, misc: Site for Mechanics Institute.

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:10,560

1890

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560