Yorks-Whitby-1899 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19023

Map Date:

[1899]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

Historic county:

Yorks, North Riding

Town name:

Whitby

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ900110

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 9007

Map title:

'Whitby.'

Comments on map:

In A.R. Hope Moncrieff, Black's Guide to Scarborough & Whitby..., London: Black, 1899, f.p.43. Scale measured as about 0.6 ins to 500 ft, i.e. 1:10,000.

Scale:

1:10,000

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author, pr], A. & C. Black, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

15.8 x 15.4

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type): Probably wind.

Water transport infrastructure:

lighthouses, piers, quays, misc: [Stone Quay]; Harbour Masters & Store Off.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

RGS Library, Scarborough Library [1899: in In A.R. Hope Moncrieff, Black's Guide to Scarborough & Whitby..., London: Black, 1899, f.p.43].

Industry:

ship yards, rope walk

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Saloon.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Abbey shown with piers.

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

cliffs

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1891-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560