Yorks-Scarborough-1747 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20433

Map Date:

1747

Repository reference:

Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room, S.912.2.V34

Historic county:

Yorks, North Riding

Town name:

Scarborough

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA048891

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 0288

Map title:

'A plan of Scarborough with the Gentlemens Names of a Committee appointed to put this Town, in a posture of defence against the rebels 1745.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy. Bottom right are numbers of guns mounted, and the captains of the guns with the number that each was responsible for. Town shown as shaded blocks with marked lack of detail: probably derives from Cossins [Exeter 18340].

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

Nathl. Hill [eng], William Vincent [pb].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

75.5 x 54.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, piers

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: [Batteries], Mote.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Maps Yorkshire 25, Scarborough Library S.912.2.V34.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Rococco: branches and leaves at bottom.

Relief:

prominent hills

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

John, Duke of Montagu, Master-General of the Ordnance. Dedication begins 'In memory of the loyalty of the inhabitants of the antient corporation of Scarborough during the time of the rebellion 1745...'

Ordnance Survey's

1850

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560