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Yorks-Sheffield-1894

CBTM:
18670
Map Date:
[1894]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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:
'Plan of Sheffield'.
Comments on map:
In J.H.F. Brabner (ed), The comprehensive gazetteer of England & Wales, London: William Mackenzie, 6 vols, ? 1893-5, V: cf Exeter 18658.
Scale:
1:24,137
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.3 x 23.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Parks & cemeteries.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Known copies of map:
BL 2367.d.3, RGS Library
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, uncertain
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
allotments, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, art galleries
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown
Ordnance Survey's
1849-51
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-91
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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