Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1853
CBTM:
17128
Map Date:
1853
Repository reference:
Hull City RO [9971/375-/416]
Historic county:
Yorks, East Riding
Town name:
Kingston upon Hull
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TA099286
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TA 0835
Comments on map:
41 numbered sheets, plus skeleton 'Index' (sheet lines and boundaries only). All signed W. Driscoll Gosset, Captain Royal Engineers, 1853. [No survey date.] 'Drawn under the direction of Captn. W.D. Gosset R.E.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Ordnance Survey [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
98 x 66 [x 42].
Number of parts:
42
Legends:
general legend: Abbreviations: B, Boiler; BkH, Bake Ho.; Bn, Barn; BrH, Brew Ho; BH, Beer Ho; arrow BM, Bench Mark; ClH, Coal Ho; CH, Coach Ho; CtH, Cart Ho; CtS, Cart Shed; CP, Cess Pool; Cn, Cistern; CoH, Cow Ho; DB, Dust Bin; DP, Dung Pit; DW, Draw Well; FP, Fire Plug; GP, Gas Plug; L, Lamp; LP, Lamp Post; P, Pump; PH, Public Ho; P, Piggery (sic); SG, Sewer Grate; S, Sink; St, Stable; Th, Trough; WH, Wash Ho; WP, Water Plug; o Privy; Brick or Stone Houses (carmine); Archways or Covered Passages (X), Wooden Houses (grey); Sheds (grey with black dashes); Stone Paving or Flagging (light grey); Brick Paving (orange); Macadam or Ballast (primrose); Conservatory Green Houses (grey with crosshatching); 3ftRH, Three Feet Root Hedge; CS, Centre of Stream; CR, Centre of Road; FW, Face of Wall; Def, Defaced; Und, Undefined; Parish Boundaries (dashes); Parish & Township (dot-dash); Township (dotted); Ward (two dots, three fine dashes, repeated).
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally, house numbers
Buildings:
masonry distinguished, archways, bay windows, stables/coach houses, glazed areas, public buildings emphasised, steps to buildings: Ruins.
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, jetties, piers: Capstans, etc, shown; Marine Telegraph Pilot & Ballast Office.
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, lamps, sanitary hazards: Pump, privies (o); abbreviations: FP, LP, SG, S, WT, St, DP, CB, ClH, Py, CoH.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: Citadel in usual exhaustive detail.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, sailors, misc: [Sailors Institute: x 2], Trinity House.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, township, Ward, boundary markers, boundary mereings
Known copies of map:
Hull City RO [9971/375-/416].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass, smithing, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, warehousing, timber, uncertain, misc: Mills, etc, usually named; Turpentine Distillery, tar and turpentine works, Naptha and Varnish Works, Bone Yard, Colour Works, Whiting Manufactory, Pipe Manufactory, Wheelwrights Yard, Coach Manufactory, Soda Water Works, Chicory Works, Mustard and Chicory Manufactory, Tobacco Warehouse, Cooperage.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, turntables, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Switches, Booking Office, Mile Post, footbridge.
River and foreshore features:
sea walls, foreshore, misc: 'Growths', Culverts.
Gardens:
shown, misc: Prince Albert Strawberry Gardens.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Road transport:
omnibus depot
Waterbodies:
shown, fish ponds
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [King Wm III Equestrian Statue, Wilberforce Monuments].
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff, post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Grey and orange road surfacing, Foot Bridge.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping, pig-keeping
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
'The marginal lines are perpendiculars and parallels to the Meridian of Trinity Church Tower.'
Walls, embankments, etc:
Wooden Paling.
Garden and park buildings:
summer houses: [Numerous].
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Corporation Field.
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, spot heights: Spot heights 0.1ft, bench marks 0.01 ft, in red. 'The Altitudes (in Feet and Decimals) are with reference to a Plane, 20 Feet below the approximate Mean Level of the Sea at Liverpool.': in practice difference from 1:1056 parent is not always 20 feet.
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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