Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1681 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19780

Map Date:

? 1681

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 187.L.2(13)

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

Comments on map:

Dating from BLML catalogue: truncated dividers above scale, etc, suggest original size at least 43 x 40. Forts and bastions bristle with cannon: the more one looks at it, the more sinister the map seems.

Scale:

1:3600

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.5 x 33.5 [originally rather larger].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: All pictorial, in implausibly neat rows.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial), misc.: Cannon at blockhouse and forts; The Mannor or Magazene [pictorial: crossing-tower or gatehouse].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 187.L.2(13).

Industry:

bricks/tiles, lime/cement: Both pictorial, with smoke or flames.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in rivers Hull and Humber, pictorial bridge over River Hull.

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560