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Yorks-Harrogate-1841

CBTM:
20299
Map Date:
1841
Repository reference:
Harrogate Library, Local Studies section
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Harrogate
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SE302547
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SE 3456
Map title:
'Plan of lands comprising the High and Low Harrogate Improvement Act'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy, derived from original of uncertain provenance, with small gaps between the sections. Fields numbered, apparently as part of a larger scheme: reference elsewhere. What seem to be later streets have been superimposed on the original.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
James Powell, Land-surveyor, Knaresbro' [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
176 x 96
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, other: Some lands outside Bilton with Harrogate township.
Road names:
fragmentary
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: A few buildings emphasised but not described.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Two churches: no chapels indicated.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
Harrogate Library, local studies [photo].
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: Cheltenham Room, Old Spa.
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1847-9
1:10,560
1889-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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