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Yorks-Whitby-1841

CBTM:
20099
Map Date:
1841
Repository reference:
North Yorkshire RO ZW(M) 1/92 [MIC 2003/292-4]
Historic county:
Yorks, North Riding
Town name:
Whitby
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ900110
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 9007
Map title:
'...Plan of the town and harbour of Whitby...'
Comments on map:
Dimensions from North Yorkshire Record Office catalogue. One of those maps with detailed lines, but less detailed text.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Francis Pickernell [? sv], Dean & Co., Engravers &c., Threadneedle Street, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
107 x 74
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, quays, misc: Timber Pond, Bond Yard.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: With Church Stairs.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, misc: Improvement Act boundary.
Known copies of map:
North Riding RO ZW(M) 1/92 (3 copies) [MIC 2003/292-294].
Industry:
ship yards, rope walk
Railways:
routes, named
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Antiquities:
Abbey ruins.
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Three vignettes at corners: Swivel Bridge, Lighthouse, St Mary's Church.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Crosses:
cross
Dedicee of map:
Colonel Cholmley, Lord of the Manor of Whitby.
Stated measuerments:
soundings: 'The figures in the Harbour denote the flow of water at ordinary Spring Tides.'
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1849
1:1056
1:10,560
1891-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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