Yorks-Sheffield-1872 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20333

Map Date:

1872

Repository reference:

Sheffield Archives JC.1774

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Sheffield

Map type:

Highways

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SK353975

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 3587

Map title:

'Proposed street improvements, Sheffield.'

Comments on map:

'Given with the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, December 12th, 1872.': could be a redrawing from the 1864 map [Exeter 20334].

Scale:

1:5280*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

30.0 x 44.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: New streets proposed by the town trustees and town council, respectively.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings shown prominently in black, but not described.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Others emphasised but not described.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Sheffield Archives JC 1774.

Industry:

food/drink, metallurgical processing, timber, uncertain: Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Midland line shown as pecked centre-line only.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

New streets proposed by the Town Trustees and Town Council, respectively.

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560