Yorks-Leeds-1879 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19895

Map Date:

? 1879

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/76

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:

[Cover:] 'Map of the town of Leeds and its vicinity; with a street guide.', [map:] 'Map of the town of Leeds and its vicinity.'

Comments on map:

Unclear what the Yorkshire J.S. Publishing Company was. Index to streets, public buildings, etc, flanking mapped area on each side: includes banks and public offices which are not identified by name on the map. Undated: postdates the New Station, etc, of 1869. [This appears to be Bonser & Nichols no.262.]

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

W. Brierley, 2 Bond St, Leeds, 'Agent to the Yorks. J.S. Pub. Co. Limd.' [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.0 x 44.7 [overall: map 42.0 x 39.7).

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: In town centre numerous buildings are emphasised but not named or described.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Known copies of map:

Bonser & Nichol's nos 168, 169, 226-8, 262: ?Leeds Library [not in cards, 9:02] [1866, BN168]; BOL C17:70 Leeds c.4, CUL Maps.bb.19.G.91 [1866/1990: Leeds in maps: Thoresby Soc & Leeds City Libraries]; [1867, BN169: in MoH report: ?Leeds Library: not in cards, 9:02]; CUL Maps.93.86.6 [1868]; BOL C17:70 Leeds (6) [1870]; ?Leeds Library [not in cards, 9:02] [[BN226: 1872]; L.352.553 L517 [1872, BN227: in Medical Officer of Health's report]; L.352.553 L517 [1875, BN228: in Medical Officer of Health's report]; L.352.553 L517 [1877: in Medical Officer of Health's report]; Leeds Library ML (1880), TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/76 [1879: BN262]; Borthwick CC.EC 11/109, Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.C.59 [1880]; Leeds Library ML (1884) [1884: in BN262].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, oil/soap etc, textiles, uncertain, misc: Mills; Leather & Glue Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

'Woodcuts': top left: 'The New Infirmary, Leeds'; top right: 'Leeds Town Hall'; bottom right: 'The Corn Exchange, Leeds'.

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560