Yorks-Thornaby-1891 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20005

Map Date:

1891

Repository reference:

Teesside Archives U/S/1114

Historic county:

Yorks, North Riding

Town name:

Thornaby

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ451176

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 4820

Map title:

'Plan of the proposed borough of Thornaby-on-Tees shewing the divisions into wards. 1891.'

Comments on map:

Looks like a fairly straightforward derivative from Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

B.H. Heslop, Stockton [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

39.2 x 52.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: The enthusiasm with which the names are applied in a confined space suggests an anxiety to convey a suitable impression of Respectability.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Education and academic:

schools: Board schools emphasised by cross-hatching.

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: With Grand stand.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

Teesside Archives U/S/1114(6).

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, glass, ship yards, paper/print, timber, misc: Bone Mill, Oil Cake Mill.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown: [Annotated area].

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:10,560

1892-3

1:2500

1:10,560