Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1720
CBTM:
19699
Map Date:
1720
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.44.33, 34
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:
[1720 version:] 'Plan of Kingston upon Hull. Copyed from Capt. Phillip's 1720'; [1725 version:] 'A plan of Kingston upon Hull 1725.'
Comments on map:
K.Top.44.33 only has scale on the 1:1,521,640 map; K.Top.44.34 has scales on all three.
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
Capt. Phillip [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
65.5 x 46.7 [1725 version is 66.2 x 46.2].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, general highlighting of district, other: Bastions and ramparts shaded; foreshore and land-tint; the 1725 version omits land tint on the two small-scale inset maps.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Usual Ordnance block-plan style.
Mills:
windmills, (symbol): Cross on buildings: discreet.
Water transport infrastructure:
jetties, quays, misc: Dolphin.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, magazines/arsenals, town walls, misc.: Blockhouse, Saluting Platform, Ravelin, Demolished Governor's Stable, Demolished Redoubt, Old Line of Communication.
Welfare and charitable:
misc: Charter House.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.44.33 [original]; BLML K.Top.44.34 [1725 copy]; Hull Library [transcript of 1725 copy]; Hull City Archives [various transcripts, variously dated '1715', '1720'].
Industry:
lime/cement, misc: Rape Mill.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Inset maps: top left of Humber, 1:316,800, with soundings in fathoms; bottom left in relation to York, Lincoln and Nottingham [cf Hollar], 1:1,521,640.
Commons:
shown
Stated measuerments:
other: Note that Drypool church foundation is 7 feet higher than the Citadel.
Ordnance Survey's
1853
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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