Leeds (Town Hall & Park Square) 1847-63 - LARGE SCALE

Leeds 10 Leeds (Town Hall & Park Square) 1847-63 - published 2006; intro by G C Dickinson. This wonderfully detailed map covers the area around Park Square, with coverage stretching from Hanover Square eastward to Park Row and southward to Wellington Street. Surveyed in 1847, the map is updated to 1863 for some details, notably the Town Hall. Features include the Town Hall (including interior), Leeds Infirmary, Mixed Cloth Hall, Mechanics Institute, Baptist Chapel, East Parade Chapel, Philosophical Hall, Oxford Place Chapel, St Paul's church, Methodist Chapel, St George's church, St Philip's church, Bethesda Chapel. Most of these are shown in detail. Streets include Park Lane, West Street, Great George's Street. Where appropriate, turnpike trusts are named. On the reverse we include a selection of street directory entries, including those for Park Lane, Park Row, Park Square, Wellington Street, West Street.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). Published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett