Yorks-Wakefield-1890 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20282

Map Date:

1890

Repository reference:

Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 96B6

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Wakefield

Map type:

advertising

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE333208

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 3619

Map title:

'Borough & County Advertising Co. Business Street Map of City of Wakefield. 1890.'

Comments on map:

This copy (unusual for them in that it is dated) has had the advertisements trimmed off. Probably a simplified transcript from Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

Johnson & MacLachlan, Leicester [lith], Borough & County Advertising Co. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.5 x 46.5 [map].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

advertising

Colouring:

advertising

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Navigation Yard by river.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, mental

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: Schools shown by cross-hatched circles.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Known copies of map:

Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.B.6.

Railways:

routes, sidings, named, passenger stations, misc: Goods Office.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Service and professional:

banks

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

advertisers on map

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560