Yorks-Pontefract-1750 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19695

Map Date:

? 1750

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.44.41

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Pontefract

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE460224

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 4725

Map title:

'The siege of Pontefract Castle 1648. From a drawing found in the possession of a descendant of the Fairfax family of Denton.'

Comments on map:

Evidently for pp 617-8 of an edition of Camden's Britannia. Combination of bird's eye view and map. Castle shown in considerable detail. Explanatory notes in Latin and English.

Scale:

1:2376*

Map-maker:

Basire [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

69.7 x 48.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.44.41, BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.III, Part II.

Gardens:

shown

Crosses:

CP

Arms and heraldry:

royal arms, misc: [Royal arms to left]; on right are what seem to be the obverse and reverse of a medal commemorating the siege.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560