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Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1868

CBTM:
20425
Map Date:
[1868]
Repository reference:
Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room, BLAC(Y)
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:
SE 0835
Map title:
'Hull.'
Comments on map:
In Black's Picturesque guide to Yorkshire, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 5th edition, 1868, f.p. 188. Unusually for Bartholomew, this has a reference rather than names in situ in the central part. The anomalous presence of the Citadel suggests derivation from a pre-OS source.
Scale:
1:23,760
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr. F.R.G.S. [dr, eng], A. & C. Black, Edinburgh [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.3 x 15.3
Road names:
partly
Building names:
fragmentary
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, misc: Trinity House.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Citadel still mapped].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, mental, sailors, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
- [1864/1985: Black's guide to England & Wales, fpp 358-9, reissued by London: Bracken Books, 1985]; Scarborough Library, 'Scarborough Room' BLAC(Y) [1868: Yorkshire, 5th ed, f.p.162]; BL 10347.bb.37, BOL G.A.Yorks 8o 328 [1884: ed 12: f.p. 189].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, textiles, ship yards
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1853
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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