Yorks-Sheffield-1864 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20334

Map Date:

1864

Repository reference:

Sheffield Library, local studies, S.2.R

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Sheffield

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK353875

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 3587

Map title:

'Map of the town and environs of Sheffield, in the West Riding of the county of York, 1864.'

Comments on map:

Garden ornament and pattern of names outside built-up part suggest derivation from Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

Pawson & Brailsford, Lithographers, Sheffield [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

104.0 x 81.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Water Company's Offices.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, misc: Medical Hall.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets: ['Exchange and Telegraph Office'].

Recreation and sports venues:

gymnasia, sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, Ward

Known copies of map:

Sheffield Archives 18/Z1/1, Sheffield Library S.2.R, S.6.R.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain: Works, Mills.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Midland line to Chesterfield shown by pecked centre-line.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, misc, baths/spa: Hall of Science, Union Rooms.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, learned societies, misc: Sheffield Club.

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits: Ostentatiously rocky quarries.

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office: ['Exchange and Telegraph Office'].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Intended Roads.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal, misc: Sheffield Free Tenants: arms flank title.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560