Yorks-Leeds-1868 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20426

Map Date:

[1868]

Repository reference:

Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room, BLAC(Y)

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 Black's Picturesque guide to Yorkshire, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 5th edition, 1868, f.p. 228.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr. F.R.G.S. [dr, eng], A. & C. Black, Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.3 x 15.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

fragmentary

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, trade halls, markets: [Cloth halls].

Known copies of map:

Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room BLAC(Y) [1868: Yorks, 5th ed, f.p.162]; BL 10347.bb.37, BOL G.A.Yorks 8o 328 [1884: ed 12: fp 228].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, uncertain: A few mills.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560