Yorks-Leeds-1875 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19763

Map Date:

? 1875

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5985 (6)

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 Leeds.'

Comments on map:

Dating problematic: BM RD green 2 Dec 1876, but still omits the railway from Wellington to Marsh Lane stations, already shown on Hindle (1867) [Exeter 19761], and opened in 1869.

Scale:

1:9900

Map-maker:

W. White, 18 & 20 Bank St, Sheffield [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

43.0 x 37.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only, partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works, misc: Spring, named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, misc.: Armery & Shooting.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Guardian Asylum [for mad left-wing newspaper readers?].

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

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

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5985(6).

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, furniture/pottery, textiles, uncertain, misc: Mills, Spindle Works.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Title is on 'cloud' ground.

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal

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