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Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1848

CBTM:
20440
Map Date:
9.1848
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:
'... Trigonometrical plan of the town, port, and harbour of Kingston upon Hull... from actual survey by Mr. Geo. Wilkinson...'.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
Geo. Wilkinson [sv], Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen [lith], Goddard & Lancaster [? pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
138 x 95
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries: Hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, piers, misc: Dock Office, Pilot Office, Dock Cos Yard.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs, internal revenue
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: No internal details at all.
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, infirmaries, sailors, workhouses, misc: Charter House, Trinity House.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
extra-parochial, Parish, Ward: [Special symbol (line-and-circle) for extra-parochial].
Known copies of map:
Hull City Archives [fragmentary and badly worn], Hull Library, East Riding RO DDCK 35/20 [2 copies].
Industry:
glass, textiles
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations: [Engine Shed]; double-naming, e.g. Hull and Selby Railway (in italic), York and North Midland Railway Company [in upright].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Apparently all owners of unbuilt-on land].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, mechanics institutes
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: apparently overprinted lithograph of 'The new passenger station', dedicated to George Hudson, etched by George Burridge & G. Hawkins, printed by Day.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, misc: Dock Company and Trinity House.
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Corporation of Mayor, Aldermen & Burgresses, Guild or Brotherhood of Masters and Pilots Seamen, Trinity House in Kingston upon Hull, and the Dock Company.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1853
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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