Yorks-Whitby-1794
CBTM:
20101
Map Date:
28.9.1794
Repository reference:
North Yorkshire RO M85 [MIC 3384/496-499]
Historic county:
Yorks, North Riding
Town name:
Whitby
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
NZ900110
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 9007
Comments on map:
Seaward end of town only: purpose adequately indicated by the dedication. Long note on defensibility of town on left hand side.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Francis Gibson [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63 x 42 [overall: map 47 x 31].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
navigation aids, piers: [Signal Beacon [pictorial], Signal Flag [pictorial]].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Battery].
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MPH 1/229 (WO 78/1173), North Riding RO M85 [MIC 3384/496-499].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Antiquities:
Abbey ruins [in plan with piers], Old Cross [pictorial].
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At bottom: view of coast, on same scale as plan.
Dedicee of map:
The Lord Lieutenant, the Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee for managing the subscriptions, raised for the general defence of the North Riding.
Stated measuerments:
other: Cliff heights (in yards), number of steps to church (197).
Ordnance Survey's
1849
1:1056
1:10,560
1891-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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