Yorks-Elland-1751 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20245

Map Date:

1751

Repository reference:

West Yorkshire Archives [Calderdale] Misc. 393

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Elland

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE108212

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 0425

Map title:

'A plan of Eland with the Townfields and crofts adjoining P Wm Mann 1750:1'.

Comments on map:

A later, ? first half of 19th century, transcript of a map made to illustrate a legal dispute, with the 'town' on one edge, and more schematic than planimetric.

Scale:

1:5544

Map-maker:

William Mann [? author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.5 x 28.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, owners, decorative: Scale dividers and banner.

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial: In rows.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

West Yorkshire Archives [Calderdale] Misc 393.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown (extent not recorded)

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Pictorial bridge over River Calder.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Coloured dividers over scale, and banner below.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560