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Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1892

CBTM:
19785
Map Date:
? 1892
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 2.a.67
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:
[Cover:] 'Plan of Hull with environs.', [map:] 'Plan of Hull'.
Comments on map:
Combined town plan and 1:253,440 environs map. BM RD 1 Jun 1892 blue. [The environs map still shows 'Citadel', whereas the town map only has 'Citadel Foreshore'.]
Scale:
1:11,880
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co., Edinr.' [author, pr], [on cover: W.H. Smith & Son, 186 Strand, London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
34.7 x 47.7 [overall: town 34.0 x 23.5].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
transport: Tramways.
Colouring:
roads, water, land-use, general highlighting of district: Light green land tint, darker green for public open space.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, misc: Basins, Dock Offices.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, sailors, workhouses, misc: Trinity House.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets: Including Foreign Cattle Market, by waterside.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 2.a.67, Maps.s.71.22, BOL C17:70 Kingston-upon-Hull (3), CUL Maps.34.058.93 2 [1892]; BOL G.A.Yorks 4o 82 [1895: in William White, Directory of Hull]; RGS Eng & Wales S/S 63 [1897]; BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4. [1899: Newnes [pb]: 1:14,400, pl 66 in The Royal Atlas of England & Wales.
Industry:
lime/cement, ship yards: [Cement Works].
Railways:
routes, rails, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, baths/spa
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
corporation/municipal, industrial owners: [Earle's Ship Yard and Cement Works: unusually 'personal' for Bartholomew].
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [Wilberforce Mont, Wm 3rd Stat].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 0.25-mile, not referenced.
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown
Ordnance Survey's
1853
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1853
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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