Yorks-Leeds-1831
CBTM:
19059
Map Date:
1831
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/13
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 and the environs...'
Comments on map:
Below description of mapmaker in title is 'Levels taken, and sections and designs made for canals, water-works, drainages, rail ways, turnpike and other roads.' Reference on right-hand side is divided into various headings: 'Churches', 'New Churches', [churches] 'In Holbeck', 'Chapels', 'Charitable Buildings' [includes schools and workhouse], 'Law commercial & other Buildings &c', 'Fairs', 'Fire Engine &c' [includes insurance offices], 'Gas Works', thereafter no headings except 'Newspaper Offices' and 'News Rooms'.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Charles Fowler, Land Surveyor, Engineer, Valuer & Agent, Leeds [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
81.5 x 57.5 [compensated for cropping of top].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue, misc: Billet Master's Office, Town Crier's House.
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
BN66: Leeds Library ML (1831) (S.R.), Leeds Library SRF 942.75 T391 [in Boyne's grangerised Whitaker's Loidis & Elmete], TNA [PRO] T72/13 [1831]; Leeds Library [1831: photos]; CUL Maps.c.93.84.2, Leeds Library ML (1844) (S.R.) [32.25 x 26 ins, J. & C. Walker [eng], sv.1844], Yorkshire Archaeological Society DD196/1 [with MS extensions to show drainage scheme, 1847] [BN103], Yorkshire Archaeological Society 95.D.3; ML (1844) [photos]; Leeds Library ML (1861) (S.R.) [1861, BN150: reduced area]; Leeds Library ML (1861) [photo of BN150]; BOL C17:70 Leeds c.4/6 [1831/1990: q.v.].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, glass, uncertain, furniture/pottery, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, industrial tramways/waggonways: [Leeds & Selby Railway, shown by dotted lines; Wagon Way is the Middleton Railway].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices, newspaper offices
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: 'Western entrance to Leeds...'. Also includes 'Jeffries' plan of Leeds. A.D.1767.' as an inset, 1 inch to 24 chains [1:19,008].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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