Yorks-Thirsk-1796 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20106

Map Date:

1796

Repository reference:

North Yorkshire RO ZAG [MIC 1982/174-178]

Historic county:

Yorks, North Riding

Town name:

Thirsk

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE430820

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 4182

Map title:

[Main map:] 'Plan of Thirsk drawn for J. Bell Esq by J. Colbeck, 1796.' [town:] 'Enlarged sketch of Thirsk.'

Comments on map:

Inset on 1:6336 map of township. Buildings a bit ribbony. Fields numbered; reference elsewhere.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

J. Colbeck [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

105 x 53 [main map: town 32 x 26].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

owners: Two main owners; other proprietors lumped together.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

North Riding RO ZAG [MIC 1982/174-178].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Vignette of church and river around title.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:10,560

1891-2

1:2500

1:10,560