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Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1787

CBTM:
19786
Map Date:
1787
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5895 (27)
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:
'Plan of the town & harbour of Kingston upon Hull from actual survey by A. Bower 1786'.
Comments on map:
Inset on bottom left of John Tuke, Map of the county of York, 1:126,720.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
A. Bower [sv], John Tuke [author], Wm Darton, Birchin Lane, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.0 x 22.8 [inset].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type): Probably wind.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Area for proposed dock extension; Dock Co's Warehouse, Dock Office, Dolphin.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
misc: Intended Custom House.
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
misc: Trinity House, Charity Hall.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5895 (27), BOL Gough Yorkshire Maps 39, CUL Maps.b.17.G.1, RGS ****, Sheffield Library, local studies, E.56.L-E.59.L, York Minster Archives Maps Y.264 (W.R.), West Yorks Archive Service [Leeds/Sheepscar] GC/MA 60 [1787]; BOL Gough Maps Yorkshire 40, CUL Maps.c.17.G.7-10, NRRO ZAZ, ZW(M) 5/1 [MIC 2001/285-99 & 1967/41-46] [1794].
Industry:
ship yards, rope walk: Includes Block & Mast Makers Yard.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Loose 'sheet'.
Monuments:
statues: [K.Wm Statue].
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1853
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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