Yorks-Leeds-1882 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19896

Map Date:

1882

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/344

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:

'McCorquodale's map of Leeds and district. Reduced from the large Ordnance Survey. Corrected up to 1882.'

Comments on map:

Resolution of detail (e.g. rails under roofs, tenement divisions) varies across map, presumably according to what could be derived from the Ordnance Survey. Made up from at least four parent plates: joins plainly visible.

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

McCorquodale & Co. Ltd, Leeds [eng, lith, ? pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

97.0 x 73.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, boundaries: Canals light blue, rivers very dark blue.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Canals:

shown, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

Bonser & Nichols nos 271, 306: TNA [PRO] RAIL 1037/344 [1882: BN271]; Leeds Library ML (1890) [1890: BN306]; BOL C17:70 Leeds c.4, CUL Maps.bb.19.G.91 [1990: Leeds in maps: Thoresby Soc & Leeds City Libraries].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Mills; Tobacco, Oil & Mustard, Leeds Co-Operative Society.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations: [Engine sheds: include roundhouses with rails inside].

Gardens:

shown, horticultural gardens: [Leeds Horticultural Gardens; private parks are really large gardens].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Commons:

shown

Borders:

keyboard type: Ordnance Survey style.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices: Infilled black.

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

very incomplete: In central part only.

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560