Yorks-Sheffield-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19770

Map Date:

1873

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5994 (2)

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:

Appears to be straightforward derivative from Ordnance Survey, with differences in lettering. 'Note[.] This new plan of Sheffield, is reduced from the large Ordnance Survey, and comprises all the subsequent improvements, new streets, &c., from 1850 to 1873, as surveyed by Messrs. Holmes & Johnson, for the Publisher.' [The '7' in 1873 is an obvious alteration, and nos 56-63 in the reference are also obviously an addition.]

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J.H. Franks & C. Ingram [eng], Barras & Blacker, Steam Litho, Sheffield [lith], W. White, 18 & 20 Bank St, Sheffield [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.5 x 48.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries: Provision for colour: absent from this copy.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

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:

dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, fairgrounds, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, Ward

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.d.18.G.171, Sheffield Library S.124.L [1855]; Doncaster Library L.912.4274.SHEF. R.10490, Sheffield Archives WC.2073.L [1863]; Sheffield Library S.2.M [1868]; BLML Maps 5994(2), Sheffield Library S.3.M, S.33.L, S.61.L, S.138.L [1873]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: Pl 85 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: sheet 87 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles]; BOL C15 c.3 [1889: sheet 94 in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, abbatoirs, misc: Coke Ovens.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Hall of Science, Union Rooms.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices, newspaper offices

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Title on 'cloud' ground: old-fashioned even for 1850s, certainly by 1873, but cf White's Leeds [Exeter 19763].

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, learned societies, misc: Sheffield Club House.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: parish church, from south-south-west.

Borders:

decorative: 'Picture frame' effect, in better taste than many Victorian efforts in this direction.

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560