Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21369

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Yorks, East Riding

Town name:

Kingston upon Hull

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA099286

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 0835

Map title:

'Hull.'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 170.u

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.8 x 11.2

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): [Six].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, NLS A.43.f.19, CUL Syn.8.66.24.

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial)

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Man herding animals to east of town, two pictorial ships in the unnamed Humber.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Miscellaneous religious group:

There seems to be a ruined church (? monastic), west of St Mary.

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560