Yorks-Whitby-1868 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20429

Map Date:

[1868]

Repository reference:

Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room, BLAC(Y)

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:

'Whitby.'

Comments on map:

In Black's Picturesque guide to Yorkshire, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 5th edition, 1868, f.p. 372.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr. F.R.G.S. [dr, eng], A. & C. Black, Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

15.8 x 15.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

lighthouses, piers, quays, misc: Harbour Master & Pilots Off.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

misc.: [Battery].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room [1866: Black's guide to Scarboro, Whitby & Harrogate]; Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room BLAC(Y) [1868: Black's Picturesque guide to Yorkshire, 5th ed]; Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room [1868: Black's guide to Scarborough, Whitby & Harrogate]; Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room [1882, 15th ed of Black's guide to Scarborough, Whitby & Harrogate; also Yorkshire guide, ed 12]; BL 10347.bb.37, BOL G.A.Yorks 8o 328 [1884: in Yorkshire Guide, ed 12: f.p. 373]; Scarborough Library, Scarborough Room S.942.2.B40b [1888, 17th ed of Black's guide to Scarborough, Whitby & Harrogate].

Industry:

ship yards, rope walk

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, passenger stations, misc: Goods Warehouse.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1891-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560