Yorks-Leeds-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19897

Map Date:

? 1858

Repository reference:

Leeds City Library SRF.912.42.C272

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'.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

B.R. Davies [dr, eng], Weekly Dispatch Atlas, 139 Fleet St [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

44.0 x 30.8 [overall: map 42.7 x 28.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills: ['Old Windmill'].

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, Ward

Known copies of map:

Leeds Library ML (1858) (S.R.) [1858: BN134]; BOL C15 a.2, Leeds Library SRF.912.42.C272 [BN185: J. Dower, pub Cassell, pl.77 in British Atlas]; CUL Atlas.3.86.6 [1863: G.W. Bacon: in The Dispatch Atlas]; ?Leeds Library [not in cards, 9:02] [BN186, 1868: in D. Green & Sons, Handy Guide to Leeds, 1868: retains text omitted from BN188]; Leeds Library 942.75 C77L, Leeds Library SRF.912.42 C272 [BN187, 1868: in John Cooke, C's Guide to Leeds, 1868]; Leeds Library 942.75 G82L [BN188, 1868: in D. Green & Sons, Handy Guide to Leeds, 1868]; ?Leeds Library [not in cards, 9:02] [1868, BN189: Abel Heywood penny guide]; Leeds Library ML [1869: G.W. Bacon, A. Mann [pb]: New tourist map of Leeds, 51 x 36, c.1:8500]; BOL C17:70 Leeds (3) [1871: corr John Dower, pb Abel Heywood]; Leeds Library ML (1874) (S.R.) [original], ML (1874) [photo] [1874, BN238: pb A. Green]; Leeds Library ML (1879) [1879: G.W. Bacon [author], R. Jackson [pb]: Leeds (), 51 x 36, c.1:8500: BN261: overprinted with scarlet fever & typhoid in 1878]; Leeds Library L.912.B133 [original], Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.18 [photocopy] [1881, BN268: Bacon]; Leeds Library ML (1883) (S.R.), Q.912.42.B133 [1883, BN273: 16.5 x 11.5 ins, 1:10,560, in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles: Ordnance Atlas original], Leeds Library ML (1883) [1883: Ordnance Atlas photo], RGS 7.E.17; Leeds Library LF.912.P692 [Ord Atlas, pl.74: 1880?]; BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: Bacon: Ordnance Atlas, pl.79]; Leeds Library ML (1885?) [1885, 17 x 12 ins, 1:10,560: BN288: BN date it ?1886]; BL PP.2505.ybz [1886: in Kelly's Directory];

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Oil Mill (Linseed & Flour), Oil & Mustard Mill, Sanitary Tube Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, ice-skating

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Ancient Well & Bath.

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Arms and heraldry:

publisher: [Weekly Dispatch motif over title].

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560