Lincolnshire-Grimsby-1795 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18603

Map Date:

1795

Repository reference:

RGS 1.C.88

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Grimsby

Map type:

Hydrographic

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA266091

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 2607

Map title:

'A plan of the navigation, from the Humber to Great Grimsby, in the county of Lincoln; with the proposed alterations for the improvement thereof, by Robt. Stickney, 1795.'

Comments on map:

Admitted as very much a borderline case: planimetrically more convincing than Armstrong [Exeter 18599], but otherwise uninformative. Bottom right is 'W.F.179...'

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Robert Stickney [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

37.7 x 41.3

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3425(2), Grimsby Library SM 6a, RGS 1.C.88 [originals]; Grimsby Library SM 6, 6A [copies].

Industry:

misc: Coal Hill [by haven, which wiggles].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560