Yorks-Wetherby-1824 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20314

Map Date:

1824

Repository reference:

West Yorkshire Archives [Leeds-Sheepscar] DB/M 260

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

Wetherby

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SE404483

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 3447

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Wetherby as arranged into lots for sale 1824 by E. & G.N. Driver, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London'.

Comments on map:

Seems to cover most of the town, but a few ownerships seem to be omitted.

Scale:

1:1188*

Map-maker:

E. & G.N. Driver, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London [sv].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

67.5 x 51.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

West Yorkshire Archives [Leeds] DB/M 260.

Miscellaneous:

Lot numbers and boundaries: one adjoining the market place has three side-lengths, in feet, but the longest value is given for the shortest side.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: [Inns seem numerous, even for a town on the Great North Road].

Stated measuerments:

other: Three lot side-lengths.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1846-8

1:10,560

1891-2

1:2500

1:10,560