Yorks-Hornsea-1786
CBTM:
20452
Map Date:
[1786]
Repository reference:
East Riding RO DDCC 51/2
Historic county:
Yorks, East Riding
Town name:
Hornsea
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TA201476
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TA 1846
Map title:
'A map of Hornsea Mere with a plan of the town.'
Comments on map:
'Engraved for Dade's History & Antiquities of Holderness.' The mapping of the town (little more than ribbon-blocks) seems distinctly secondary to that of the mere, for which length, breadth, circumference and acreage (467 acres) are given.
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
42.7 x 20.5 [printed area: plate 47.5 x 23.8].
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Pictorial house near cliff.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
navigation aids: [Beacon: Pole with something like an inn-sign].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Known copies of map:
East Riding RO DDCC 51/2.
River and foreshore features:
river shoals: [In Mere].
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Stated measuerments:
other: Statistics for Mere.
Ordnance Survey's
1851
1:10,560
1890
1:2500
1:10,560
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