Yorks-Sheffield-1868 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20428

Map Date:

[1868]

Repository reference:

Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room, BLAC(Y)

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:

'Sheffield.'

Comments on map:

In Black's Picturesque guide to Yorkshire, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 5th edition, 1868, f.p. 328.

Scale:

1:27,500

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr. F.R.G.S. [dr, eng], A. & C. Black, Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.3 x 15.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

- [1864/1985: Black's guide to England & Wales, fpp 376-7, reissued by London: Bracken Books, 1985]; Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room BLAC(Y) [1868: Yorkshire, 5th ed, f.p.328]; BL 10347.bb.37, BOL G.A.Yorks 8o 328 [1884: 12th ed: f.p. 328].

Industry:

metallurgical processing

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560