Yorks-Skipton-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20142

Map Date:

? 1840

Repository reference:

North Yorkshire RO ZTY [MIC 2133/72-78]

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Skipton

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD990517

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 9752

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Skipton in the West Riding of the county of York exhibiting an estate belonging to the Right Honourable Henry Tufton Earl of Thanet Lord of the Honor of Skipton in Craven and Hereditary Sheriff of Westmoreland.'

Comments on map:

Dimensions from North Yorkshire RO catalogue, which dates the map as c.1830-45. No numbering of fields or plots, and a general lack of other text, though the mapping is of a reasonable standard for the scale.

Scale:

1:792

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

117 x 198

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NRRO ZTY [MIC 2133/72-78].

Industry:

textiles

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Gateway of Skipton Castle: surrounds title.

Relief:

prominent hills

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1850

1:1056

1:10,560

1890

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560