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Yorks-Leeds-1821

CBTM:
19760
Map Date:
1821
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 7.c.23, Maps 5985 (16)
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Leeds
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SE301337
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SE 3034
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Leeds with the recent improvements. Surveyed in 1821, by Chas Fowler, Leeds.'
Comments on map:
For Baines's Yorkshire Directory. Includes inset extension to Leeds Pottery at 1:19,008.
Scale:
1:9900
Map-maker:
Charles Fowler, Leeds [sv], Neele & Son 352 Strand [eng], Edward Baines, Leeds [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Number of parts:
2
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Spa Well.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls, markets: [Cloth Hall].
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5985(16), CUL Maps.BB.93.82.7,1, CUL Atlas.6.96.565 [book at 475.8.c.95.43-], Dewsbury Library R.10359, Leeds Library ML (1821) (S.R.) [multiple copies] [1821: BN40]; RGS 14.B.324; BOL (E)C17:70 Leeds (7), G.A.Yorks 4o 40 [in Langdale's Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire], [1822: BN41]; Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.42 [?1822]; BLML Maps 7.c.23; Leeds Library ML (1826) (S.R.) [1826: original & photocopy] [1826: BN54]; BOL C17:70 Leeds c.4, CUL Maps.bb.19.G.91 [1826/1990: Leeds in maps: Thoresby Soc & Leeds City Libraries]; Leeds Library ML (1844) (S.R.) [1844, BN101: for J.Williams's Directory of Leeds]; F942.75 L51L [1844/1896-1929]; 942.75 B37L [1844/1902]; BOL G14/C17:63B, RGS 15.B.29 [pub Thoresby Society, 1960, in Publ Thoresby Soc, Vol 47, no.106, 1958, Pl V.]; BLML Maps 54.c.19, BOL G.A.Yorks 4o 446, NLS NE.519.a.3 [Didsbury: E.J.Morten, 1969].
Industry:
engineering, ship yards, uncertain
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Drape with title and arms.
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left, balancing title: south-east view of the Philosophical & Literary Society's Hall.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
A few intended streets.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
building ground: [Several large areas annotated 'Building Ground', with streets laid out and named].
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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