Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18710

Map Date:

1840

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MR 1/1228

Historic county:

Yorks, East Riding

Town name:

Kingston upon Hull

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TA099286

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 0835

Map title:

'Plan showing the general nature of the alterations which have taken place at Hull since the removal of the old defences, showing also the present boundaries of the Ordnance.'

Comments on map:

Shows citadel in detail: everything else (old town) in minimal detail, as though enlarged from a map such as Exeter 18708. Signed Major J.V. Victor, C.R.E., 25 July 1840.

Scale:

1:1200

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

116 x 106

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, other: Old walls: defences; Ordnance boundary; ship slips or graving docks (grey).

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Apparent ship slips or graving docks, sheds.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MR 1/1228.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

rubbish tips

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560