Yorks-Pontefract-1779 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20319

Map Date:

1779

Repository reference:

West Yorkshire Archives [Leeds-Sheepscar] NP C3/1/1/22 (1226)

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Pontefract

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE460224

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 4725

Map title:

'A plan of the township of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire by J. Hepworth.'

Comments on map:

Covers whole township, with fields numbered: reference not to hand. Out of the usual run of late 18th century mapping. The engraving is of good quality. The apparent omitting to describe the church is odd.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Jno. Hepworth [sv], J. Butterworth, Leeds [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

78.0 x 91.0 [on 2 plates].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

outside built-up area only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Not overmuch so.

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named wells.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: Site of castle.

Markets and exchanges:

cross: [Appears to be a market cross in plan].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

East Riding RO DDCL 3441, West Yorkshire Archives [Leeds] NPC 3/1/1/22 (1226).

Gardens:

shown

Miscellaneous:

Various shadings and 'ornament' in fields: unclear if this is indicative of land-use.

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Restrained rococco: slim tree either side, modest cornucopia below.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Dedicee of map:

Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Corporation of Pontefract.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560