Yorks-Wakefield-1823
CBTM:
18527
Map Date:
1823
Repository reference:
Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.B.26
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Wakefield
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SE333208
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SE 3619
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Wakefield, surveyed by J. Walker, Wakefield, 1823.'
Comments on map:
This is an 1823 original with 'Proof' outside neat line, top right: a very clean pull, as might be expected.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
J. Walker, Wakefield [sv], S.I. Neele, 352 Strand [eng], Richard Nichols, Bookr., Market Place [pb].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
69.2 x 57.8 [plate 71.8 x 62.5].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally: Including detailed naming of yards.
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Coal Staiths, Warehouse, Weigh [sic].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, lamps, reservoirs, misc: [Gasometers]; 'Gas Light Columns' in main streets; named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue, misc: West Riding Register Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries: Dispensary is combined with library and assembly rooms.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, fairgrounds, markets: [Fair Ground: with pens].
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.B.26 [proof]; BOL (E)C17:70 Wakefield (19), CUL maps.c.93.82.2, Wakefield Library Drawer 2, West Yorkshire Archives [Wakefield] C.509/2, C.559/64, West Yorkshire Archives [Leeds] DB/M 335, DB/M 39 [1823]; Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS 1169 ['copy']; Wakefield Library Drawer 2 [half-size repro]; BOL C17:70 Wakefield b.1 John Goodchild, The development of Wakefield in maps, plans and views, c.1680-1926, Wakefield Historical Publications no.7, 1981.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, metallurgical processing, ship yards, warehousing, uncertain: Factory.
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Library, newsroom and dispensary are combined with assembly rooms.
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: 'South East View of the Public Rooms Wood Street', by Watson & Pritchard; at bottom is a plan (no interior), with garden, of The West Riding Pauuper Lunatic Asylum.
Relief:
slopes shown
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown: Including Corpse road and Foot path to the Asylum &c.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Foundry.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: [Indicated by named yards].
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1888
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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