Yorks-Sowerby Bridge-1866 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

16826

Map Date:

1866

Repository reference:

West Yorkshire Archives [Calderdale] SBS 6/1-11

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Sowerby Bridge

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE059236

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 0425

Comments on map:

For Sowerby Bridge Local Board: parts of townships of Norland, Skircoats, Sowerby and Warley.

Scale:

1:360

Map-maker:

Arthur Turley [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

245 x 169, 243 x 153, 188 x 122 [x 2], 253 x 122, 166 x 111, 220 x 122

Number of parts:

8

Legends:

general legend: Reference: Sewers or drains, red; Water mains, blue; Gas, black; Fire Plug, FP; Water Valve, WV; Gas Valve, GV; Man Hole, MH; Lamp Hole, LH; Sewer Grate, SG; Lamp Post, LP; Lamp, L.

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, utilities

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, public buildings emphasised, archways, steps to buildings

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, lamps, reservoirs, sewers, sanitary hazards, water works, misc: Troughs, Well; abbreviations: SG, FP, LP.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

West Yorkshire Archives [Calderdale] SBS 6/1-11.

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, textiles, timber, uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

springs

Gardens:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Stated measuerments:

other: Sewer, gas and water main diameters.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560