Yorks-Wakefield-1771 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20270

Map Date:

1771

Repository reference:

Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 96B12

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Wakefield

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SE333208

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 3619

Map title:

'An exact plan of the town of Wakefield in the West Riding of the county of York from a survey taken by William Pape in the year 1771'.

Comments on map:

Transcript of original of uncertain provenance. Despite the scale, buildings appear generalised, and as much schematic as planimetric. It is unclear whether back streets, etc, are omitted, or simply weren't there to be mapped. Purpose of map uncertain: is it something to do with highways?

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

William Pape [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

102 x 67

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, decorative: Scale and church tinted yellow.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Navigation Warehouse & Garth.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Large and not very realistic.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Yorkshire Archaeological Society 96.B.12 [transcript]; Wakefield Library, Local Studies, maps drawer, 2.27 [photo of transcript].

Miscellaneous:

Notes: 'Soft thro' which the Skitterie does run'; 'That part of the Soft from the north end of Kirkgate Bridge to I Repaired by the Riding.'

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [One corn mill owner].

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560