Yorks-Scarborough-1869 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19747

Map Date:

? 1869

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5992 (1)

Historic county:

Yorks, North Riding

Town name:

Scarborough

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA048801

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 0288

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Abel Heywood & Son's handy plan of Scarborough', [map:] 'Plan of Scarborough'.

Comments on map:

Dated from BLML catalogue: no sign of receipt date, etc, on map, but seems plausible.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author, pr], Abel Heywood & Son, 56 & 58 Oldham St, Manchester [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.3 x 35.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, lighthouses, piers: Includes New Promenade Pier.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Drinking Fountain.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Mariners Asylum, Sea Bathing Infirmary.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5992(1), BOL C17:70 Scarborough (2), CUL Maps.93.86.7 [1869]; BLML Maps 5992(2), Scarborough Library S.912.2.P116, also Y.942.2.P116 (in Guide to Scarborough) [1870]; BLML maps 2.a.71, BOL C17:70 Scarborough (1), CUL Maps.34.058.93,4 [1892: W.H. Smith]; BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4 [1899: pb Newnes, pl.58 of The Royal Atlas of England and Wales].

Industry:

abbatoirs

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, springs: [Dropping Spring].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, misc: Camera obscura.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks: [Savings Bank].

Antiquities:

Site of Charnel Chapel; Peasholm Fort (star-shaped, on edge of map north of Peasholm Bridge).

Road transport:

misc: Horse Stand [cab stand?].

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Relief:

cliffs, prominent hills: [Steeper slopes].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1850

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560