Yorks-Middlesbrough-1856 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20173

Map Date:

1856

Repository reference:

Teesside Archives CB/M/E/1/27(N)

Historic county:

Yorks, North Riding

Town name:

North Ormesby, Middlesbrough

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ496203

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 4820

Map title:

'Plan showing the present and proposed Municipal Boundary of Middlesbrough in the North Riding of the County of York 1856.'

Comments on map:

Light on text, but does indicate frontages in the built-up part.

Scale:

1:3168

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

142 x 129

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water, boundaries, estate, other: Boundaries of estates in proposed extended area, proposed landing places.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Proposed landing places.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, misc: [Present and proposed borough boundaries]; Present Sailors Trod, Legal Sailors Trod.

Known copies of map:

Teesside Archives CB/M/E/1/27(N), U/ML(4)/5.

Industry:

metallurgical processing, furniture/pottery, misc: Patent Fuel.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown: [Two annotated blocks, one as 'Mechanics' Gardens'].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Landowners (and acreages) in proposed area of borough extension].

Waterbodies:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

sheep: [Sheep Pens].

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Brick Yard.

Ordnance Survey's

1852

1:1056

1:10,560

1853-7

1:1056

1:10,560

1893-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560