Yorks-Selby-1800 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22504

Map Date:

[1800]

Repository reference:

BL RB.23.a.6363

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Selby

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE615325

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 5734

Map title:

'A plan of Selby.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. of James Mountain, The history of Selby, [Selby: the author], 1800. Rather sketchy-looking: engraver may be cropped.

Scale:

1:7920

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28.5 x 16.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Mix of elevation and plan: odd.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): With gallery.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, misc: Quay is 'Shipping'; Ware House, Counting House.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL RB.23.a.6363, [291.d.17 lacks map], BOL Gough Yorks 15 [in J. Mountain, A history of Selby].

Industry:

ship yards: Including Sail Loft.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Mr Weddalls].

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river.

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

rubbish tips

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-91

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560