Yorks-Dewsbury-1804 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20295

Map Date:

1804

Repository reference:

West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] MC4

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Dewsbury

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE244219

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 2823

Map title:

'A plan of the township of Dewsbury in the county of York made in 1804 by Jonn. Taylor.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy with scale of 1 inch to 10.25 chains: 1:2376 looks right for lettering, so dimensions have been appropriately compensated. Suggested in West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] list that this might be a draft for the enclosure map. The map seems similar in style to that of Liversedge [Exeter 20296]. There is very little text on the map.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

Jonathan Taylor [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

130 x 155

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Rectory Manor (sic).

Known copies of map:

West Yorkshire Archives [Kirklees] MC4.

Industry:

uncertain: Mill.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Olive-branch effect round title.

Commons:

shown

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1850-1

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560