Yorks-Sheffield-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20342

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

Sheffield Library, Local Studies, S.7.S

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Sheffield

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK353975

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 3587

Map title:

'Sheffield.'

Comments on map:

Approximate dating from railways: style seems closer to 1860s than 1840s. This copy seems to have been folded for a book, and has certainly been cropped to left and right.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Pawson & Brailsford, lith. Sheffield [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34.0 x 27.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, basins/docks

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

Sheffield Library S.7.S.

Industry:

metallurgical processing, uncertain: Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

botanic gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, trade and livery company halls, misc: Church Institute.

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560