Yorks-Ripon-1733 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22498

Map Date:

[1733]

Repository reference:

BL 288.c.30

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Ripon

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE314711

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 3270

Map title:

'A south-west prospect, and a new plan of the loyal town of Rippon.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p.of Tho. Gent, The ancient and modern history of the loyal town of Rippon, York: [various], 1733. Map is a mixture of woodcut with letterpress round the sides: rather crude.

Scale:

1:8448

Map-maker:

Tho. Parker [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.0 x 17.8 [map area: 34.2 x 28.5 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: A few printer's symbols of sites.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Notable buildings pictorial: all very crude.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

cross, markets, (pictorial): [Crude pictorial cross].

Known copies of map:

BL 288.c.30, G.3356, BOL Gough Yorks 49 [in T. Gent, The... history of... Rippon..., 1733], BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.I, Part III, CUL E.24.3,2.

River and foreshore features:

river shoals

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Monastic ruins, suppossed birthplace of St Wilfrid.

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Round delineator.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

At top: south-west prospect: quality suggests 1533 rather than 1733.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560