Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1791
CBTM:
18707
Map Date:
1791
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPE 1/541
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. By I. Hargrave 1791.'
Comments on map:
Mapped area on unscrolling paper: presumably more for display than navigation. Scale measured as 1 inch to 380 feet, 1:4560. For G. Hadley, A new and complete history of... Hull, fp.856.
Scale:
1:4560
Map-maker:
I. Hargrave [author], J. Gale [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.7 x 40.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, jetties, quays: [Legal Quay].
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs: [Custom house with cupola has to be inferred from the engraving: cf windmill].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Only fragment of wall; Blockhouse, Guard House; various parts of Citadel named.
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
county: Solid black line.
Known copies of map:
BOL Gough Yorks 10, East Riding RO DDCC 53/4, Hull City Archives [2 copies], Hull Library (6 copies), TNA [PRO] MPE 1/541(1).
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk: [Sugar House].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: Beverley Gate; bottom right: 'An east view of the Dock', [i.e. that proposed in 1774: is the one filled in in the 1930s]. Also inset of 'Map of the county of Kingston upon Hull from a survey of ye Co. of York', 1:47,520.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
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