Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1784 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20434

Map Date:

6.5.1784

Repository reference:

Hull Library

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:

'A plan of the town of Kingston upon Hull from an actual survey 1784'.

Comments on map:

Clarity is gained at the expense of detail.

Scale:

1:2400

Map-maker:

I. Bryant [author], Robert Thew, Engraver, Hull [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.2 x 49.2 [overall: map 56.0 x 44.0; plate 58.5 x 50.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): Some pictorial, others by shape.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Trinity House.

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories, misc: Intended Gaol.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, misc.: Towers along walls, Artillery; Blockhouse, Barracks, Magazine, French Prison at Citadel; also Old Blockhouse.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

uncertain: Round Citadel.

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Maps Yorkshire 37, CUL Maps.bb.93.78.2, Hull Library, Hull City Archives, Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.D.4.

Industry:

food/drink, misc: Ships Mast & Block Makers Yards.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Dock company's land].

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Cannon with ramrod and shot, anchor, barrels, bales: below title.

Monuments:

statues: [King William Statue].

Symbolic elements:

Cannon with ramrod and shot, anchor, barrels, bales: below title.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal, uncertain: Dedicees? Between them, in bottom margin.

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Saml Thornton and Wm Wilberforce, each one of the MPs respectively for Hull and Yorkshire.

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560