Yorks-York-1689 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22703

Map Date:

? 1689

Repository reference:

BOL Douce Prints b.28

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

York

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE603522

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 6151

Map title:

'The citie of Yorke'.

Comments on map:

On untitled [Saxton] map of Yorkshire in All the shires of England and Wales described by Christopher Saxton being the best and original maps with many additions and corrections by Philip Lea. Title is only text: distinctly thrown-together look.

Scale:

1:7040*

Map-maker:

Philip Lea [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

11.5 x 11.8

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

BOL Douce Prints b.28 [1689.c?]; CUL Atlas 3.73.2 [1732].

Borders:

decorative

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river.

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560