Yorks-Guisborough-1773 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20114

Map Date:

1773

Repository reference:

North Yorkshire RO ZFM [MIC 1436/209-235]

Historic county:

Yorks, North Riding

Town name:

Guisborough

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ615160

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 6220

Map title:

'A rough map of the manor of Guisbrough in the county of York the estate of William Chaloner Esqr. Surveyed in 1773 by [erased] Seagrave.'

Comments on map:

The map is rather more refined and detailed than the deprecatory title suggests, though there is the usual lack of text and plot numbers in the town itself. Dimensions from North Yorkshire RO catalogue.

Scale:

1:5544

Map-maker:

[erased] Seagrave [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

262 x 147

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

North Riding RO ZFM [MIC 1436/209-216] [1773]; North Riding RO ZFM [MIC 1436/238-256].

Gardens:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:10,560

1893

1:2500

1:10,560

1853

1:10,560

1893

1:2500

1:10,560