HughW 17 Posted August 17, 2014 Edit 12/1/2019 For some notes and finding aids see below the image Don't know if I've missed a mention of this site (courtesy of Brian H at Sheffield Indexers) http://www.oldmapsonline.org The insurance maps of the city centre are beautiful.. Finding Aids and Notes To get to the insurance maps: (1) Search for Sheffield in the search window at the top or by clicking the 'Find a place' button - both have the same effect. EDIT 9/4/2020 Using the top search window doesn't seem to work now - it finds a much shorter list which does not include the insurance maps. Using the 'Find a place' button still works. (2) A menu of map descriptions appears on the right. This is a very long list and the insurance maps are a long way down. The list loads as you scroll. I have not found a way of going straight to the relevant part of this list. The insurance maps are all together and all the titles begin Insurance Plan of Sheffield. (3) The maps are listed in a random order except that the first is a key to the 1888 maps. There are 5 sheets for 1888, one in two parts. There is no Sheet 1. See the 1888 key below. (4) There are 29 sheets for 1896; three are in two parts. Again there is no sheet 1. I thought there was a key to the 1896 maps but I can no longer find it. Some maps are labelled '1905' - see complete list below. 1888 key Complete List of Insurance maps (in the order they appear in the menu) order year sheet Area 1 1888 Key 2 1896 13 Blonk St Wicker River Don 3 1896 8 Arundel St Tudor St Pond Hill 4 1888 4 Church St Leopold St Fargate 5 1896 4 Church St Leopold St Fargate 6 1896 29 St Mary’s Rd Hereford St (1905)* 7 1888 3-2 Fitzalan Sq Fitzalan Market 8 1896 12 Nursery St Johnson St 9 1888 5 Fargate Surrey St Norfolk St 10 1896 17 Westbar Westbar Green Paradise Sq 11 1896 26 Rockingham St Button Lane Moor (1905)* 12 1896 3 High St Fitzalan Sq Norfolk St 13 1896 23 Shoreham St Matilda St Eyre Lane 14 1896 15 Bridge St Spring St River Don 15 1896 28-2 Matilda St Shoreham St St Mary’s Rd (1905)* 16 1888 6 Exchange St Broad St markets 17 1896 20 Pinstone St Eyre St St Paul’s 18 1896 6 Exchange St Broad St markets 19 1896 22 Pinstone St Moor Furnival St 20 1896 21 Pond St Leadmill Rd Suffolk Rd 21 1896 27 Matilda St Eyre St Arundel St (1905)* 22 1888 2 High St Bank St West Bar 23 1896 14 Corporation St Alma St Union Wheel 24 1896 16 Wain Gate Lady’s Bridge Nursery St 25 1896 25 Rockingham St Wellington St Eldon St (1905)* 26 1896 19-1 Pinstone St Cambridge St Carver St 27 1896 18 Trippet Lane West St Division St 28 1896 24 Devonshire St West St Portobello St 29 1896 5 Fargate Norfolk St Sycamore St 30 1896 10 Eyre St Howard St Arundel St 31 1896 7 Commercial St Sheaf St Pond Hill 32 1896 9 Pond St Sheaf St Harmer Lane 33 1896 2 High St Bank St West Bar 34 1896 11 Pond St Sheaf St Midland Station 35 1896 30-2 Egerton St Milton St Headford St (1905)* 36 1896 30-1 Eldon St Fitzwilliam St Thomas St (1905)* 37 1896 28-1 Sidney St Arundel St Matilda St (1905)* 38 1896 19-2 Moorhead Backfields 39 1888 3-1 Castle Green Town Hall Police Station * 1905 in the menu and in the description, 1896 in the heading. A revision or extension of the 1896 edition? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveHB 180 Posted August 17, 2014 Brilliant HughW, thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madannie77 182 Posted August 17, 2014 That is another large chunk of time wasted staring at maps. Makes a change from the 1950s OS maps Fantastic find HughW . Those insurance plans are unbelievable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveHB 180 Posted August 17, 2014 That is another large chunk of time wasted staring at maps. Makes a change from the 1950s OS maps Fantastic find HughW . Taken a quick peek and closed the page, otherwise I will be there till midnight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madannie77 182 Posted August 17, 2014 Taken a quick peek and closed the page, otherwise I will be there till midnight I've taken a quick peek which is shaping up to be a long one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HughW 17 Posted January 12, 2019 I have added some notes and finding aids to the first post in this thread, including a complete list of the insurance maps. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voldy 75 Posted January 13, 2019 Superb! That is so helpful,in finding specific locations, the other descriptive words were used in 2014! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voldy 75 Posted April 9 Just picked up on the Edit of HughW's original post (see start of thread in red). I found the 1896 key plan after considerable scrolling down the menu then found a reference to ongoing activity by the website operators. After more clicking eventually came up with this:- http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?ct=&pag=&indx=1&pageNumberComingFrom=1&fn=search&indx=2&tabs=moreTab&dscnt=0&recIds=MBogi150021&vid=BLVU1&institution=BL&rfnGrp=1&tab=website_tab&dstmp=1586474091068&elementId=1&rfnGrpCounter=1&vl(2084770706UI0)=any&frbrVersion=&query=any%2Ccontains%2CSheffield&search_scope=LSCOP-WEBSITE&scp.scps=scope%3A(BLWEBSITE)&displayMode=full&fctV=Map%2C maps%2C Britain%2C plans%2C fire insurance%2C Goad&renderMode=poppedOut&ct=&recIdxs=1&fctN=facet_topic&doc=MBogi150021&fromDL=&vl(freeText0)=Sheffield Beginning to wish I hadn't ! Seems to indicate the information is there but not accessable in simple form yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveHB 180 Posted April 10 9 hours ago, Voldy said: Beginning to wish I hadn't ! Seems to indicate the information is there but not accessable in simple form yet. Try this link and zoom in (I use scroll wheel on mouse) https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Sheffield#bbox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voldy 75 Posted April 10 Thanks for that Steve, it was specifically the collection of 'Insurance' plans that I was trying to locate. Attempting to Register brought up an apology that certain parts of the site were not currently functioning. Where possible I clicked on leads to the 'Fire Insurance' plans, and saved the url of what seemed to be a promising lead on the Sheffield plans, hence the long 'epistle' in my previous post ! It would be extremely helpful to have all the Sheffield plans included in the link you provide, maybe an approach to the British Library, once formal contact can be established, can serve a useful purpose. I shall renew my efforts to Register for the site over the next months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boginspro 229 Posted April 10 5 hours ago, Voldy said: Thanks for that Steve, it was specifically the collection of 'Insurance' plans that I was trying to locate. Attempting to Register brought up an apology that certain parts of the site were not currently functioning. Where possible I clicked on leads to the 'Fire Insurance' plans, and saved the url of what seemed to be a promising lead on the Sheffield plans, hence the long 'epistle' in my previous post ! It would be extremely helpful to have all the Sheffield plans included in the link you provide, maybe an approach to the British Library, once formal contact can be established, can serve a useful purpose. I shall renew my efforts to Register for the site over the next months. This link seems to be working OK, you don't need to register, the first Sheffield insurance plan is at this link though there is one on the previous page showing the areas covered ------------ http://gallery.bl.uk/viewall/default.aspx?e=Fire insurance maps and plans Yorkshire and Humber&n=21&r=10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voldy 75 Posted April 10 Yes, thank you boginspro, it's possible to get to the plans two ways. I had 'run out of steam' the other early morning and gave up using the route I posted! It does work, though yours is more compact. Maybe useful to bookmark both the '88 and '96 key plans for future reference given the ad-hoc way they are numbered, though expect you already have Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
