Yorks-Richmond-1724
CBTM:
20107
Map Date:
1724
Repository reference:
North Yorkshire RO ZS [MIC 1982/290-294]
Historic county:
Yorks, North Riding
Town name:
Richmond
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ170010
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 1801
Map title:
'A plan of ye south prospect of ye ancient burrough of Richmond seated on ye River Swale in ye North Riding of ye county of York'.
Comments on map:
Of Cossins-type, i.e. buildings shown by elevation rather than in plan. The border at sides and bottom is composed of 310 coats of arms, though eked out by extensive repetition: withal, an extraordinary sight. Historical notes, including list of Earls and Dukes of Richmond, in bottom margin.
Scale:
1:1584*
Map-maker:
Robert Harman [sv], B. Cole [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
86 x 70
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.: Pictorial.
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: [Quaker burial ground, but no meeting house indicated.]
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories, misc, (pictorial): Ducking stool, site of Gallows.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, (pictorial), misc.: Watch House.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
cross, markets, (pictorial)
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.44.44, BOL Gough Maps 34 Fol 7, Gough Maps 35 Fol 8, North Riding RO ZS [MIC 1982/290-294 & DN 80].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, textiles: Pictorial tenters.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: May Pole [pictorial].
Antiquities:
Location of Roman coin find, 1722.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Round dedication.
Borders:
misc: 310 coats of arms.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Horseman and coach-and-six on road to York.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, misc: The border at sides and bottom is composed of 310 coats of arms, eked out by extensive repetition: an extraordinary sight.
Cemeteries:
shown: [Quaker burial ground, but no meeting house indicated].
Walls, embankments, etc:
Walls, fences and hedges [all pictorial].
Dedicee of map:
Sir Ralph Milbank of Hanaby, Yorks.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1854
1:10,560
1891-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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