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Yorks-Leeds-1857

CBTM:
18493
Map Date:
[1857]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas 4.86.7
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:
'Leeds'.
Comments on map:
In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257].
Scale:
1:17,600
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr & engr illns], John Tallis & Company, London & New York [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.5 x 35.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings emphasised but not described.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
misc: House of Recovery.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls, markets: [Cloth Hall].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7 2 [in R.M. Martin, Index-gazetteer of the World, 1860], Leeds Library ML (1850) (S.R.); Leeds Library ML (1850) [1970 facsim]; RGS Eng & Wales S.672 [Whitehall Press, ?1978]; Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.43; BOL C17:70 Leeds c.4, CUL Maps.bb.19.G.91 [1990: Leeds in maps: Thoresby Soc & Leeds City Libraries]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].
Industry:
chemicals, glass, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round map: eight vignettes of local buildings and scenes.
Borders:
decorative
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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