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Yorks-Halifax-1797

CBTM:
20230
Map Date:
1.9.1797
Repository reference:
York Minster Archives
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Halifax
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SE096251
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SE 0425
Map title:
'A map of the town & township of Halifax, surveyed by John Moore. 1797.'
Comments on map:
Clear map, but not much detail of buildings or industry. Fields numbered: no reference to hand. On two plates.
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
John Moore, Halifax [sv, pb], S. Neele, 352 Strand [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
107.x x 72.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Anglican pictorial: others more heavily shaded than other buildings.
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls, markets: [Piece Hall, Calico Hall].
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
York Minster Archives [1797]; Bradford Library HAL.1797.MOO; West Yorkshire Archives [Calderdale] HP/2 [1959: reduced litho copy of original: 1:2112, 81 x 56].
Industry:
paper/print, textiles, uncertain: A few mills, [and a few tenters].
Decorative cartouches:
pictorial 'realistic': Title is in shade of tree, with church, sheep and bale to left, and sea and ship on right: an export-minded map?
Relief:
shown partially
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Bottom left: a young woman sits at a spinning-wheel, with trees on either side.
Ordnance Survey's
1849
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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