Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1668 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19773

Map Date:

1668

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 162.N.3

Historic county:

Yorks, East Riding

Town name:

Kingston upon Hull

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA099286

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 0835

Map title:

'A description of a river called Hull Water wth the towne of Kingston upon Hull and its garrison...'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photographic copy of uncertain provenance [RD BM 1924 yellow.]

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Joseph Osborne, practiuoner in Bridlington towne [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

177 x 41

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Looks fairly 'fully coloured'.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 162.n.3 [photo of MS]; Hull City Archives [various tracings etc of Hull part]; Hull Library (multiple copies).

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560