Yorks-Doncaster-1816 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20354

Map Date:

1816

Repository reference:

Doncaster Archives, AB/ARCH/1/676

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Doncaster

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE575033

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 6105

Map title:

'Plan of the township of Doncaster in the West Riding in County of York 1816' [sic].

Comments on map:

Doncaster Archives list attributes it to J. Colbeck: cf Exeter 20356, which is however in a different style, though similar in content. Purpose unclear, but comes from borough records.

Scale:

1:4752

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

92.7 x 83.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

owners: Some fields coloured green: from the 1820 map [Exeter 20356] it is apparent that they are Corporation lands.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Frontages only.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses: [Indicated by course and Grand Stand].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Doncaster Archives AB/ARCH/1/676.

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Estate boundary ownership:

corporation/municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1850

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560