Yorks-Leeds-1782 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20288

Map Date:

2.12.1782

Repository reference:

York Minster Archives

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Leeds

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE301337

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 3034

Map title:

'A map of the parish or borough of Leeds in the West Riding of the county of York from an actual survey by John Tuke, M.DCC.LXXXI.'

Comments on map:

Despite the scale, there are no field boundaries, and there is not a great deal more detail than would fit onto a 1:63,360 comfortably. 'Public edifices', including 'Places for Worship', in reference: the latter includes 'Meeting House of the People called Quakers'. Also note of dimensions and circumference of parish, and on population. In road line treatment and vocabulary this is decidedly an 'advanced' map.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

John Tuke, Land Surveyor, York [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

123.6 x 124.0

Number of parts:

4

Legends:

Buildings, boundaries, other

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Places of worship dotted, other 'Public Buildings' 'double shaded' (a heavier hatching).

Turnpikes:

shown: Turnpike roads shown by three lines, with one in the centre.

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial): [Wind pictorial (few appear); water mills solid black].

Canals:

shown, warehousing

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, misc: Rotation Office.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

trade halls, markets: [Cloth Halls].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township: [Picked out in colour on York Minster copy].

Known copies of map:

Bonser & Nichols no.27: Leeds Library ML (1781), Leeds Library Archives (Roll Map) [1781: BN27]; York Minster Archives [1782]; ML (1781) [transcript by city engineer]; Leeds Library 906.T39L [in Thoresby Soc 15, 1909].

Industry:

food/drink, furniture/pottery

Leisure and entertainment:

libraries/newsrooms

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560