Yorks-Beverley-1828
CBTM:
18817
Map Date:
1828
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/8
Historic county:
Yorks, East Riding
Town name:
Beverley
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TA038392
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TA 0835
Map title:
'Plan of Beverley from actual survey by John Wood 1828'.
Comments on map:
Orientation changes between the parts.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood, Beverley & Scarbro' [sv, pb], W. Murphy, Edinburgh [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.0 x 64.5 [engraved right up to the edge of the plate].
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Register Office, i.e. the registry of deeds.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
town gates
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries
Education and academic:
schools: Ball Wall at Grammar School.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, township, boundary markers
Known copies of map:
East Riding RO DDX 392; TNA [PRO] T72/8 [two copies].
Industry:
food/drink, metallurgical processing, textiles, misc: Coal Yard.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: [Various sorts of ornament, including one for nurseries].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Friarage [sic: the youth hostel], Site of Cross.
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely
Waterbodies:
shown, fish ponds
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: Present Rose & Crown is Crown & Anchor; the Rising Sun, which claims to be the oldest in the town, is not shown distinctively.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1853
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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