Yorks-York-1690 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21362

Map Date:

? 1690

Repository reference:

BL 577.f.2

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:

'Eboracum. Yorck.'

Comments on map:

In [J.C. Beer], Das Neu-geharnischte Gross-Britannien, Nurnberg, 1690, f.p. 45. As usual with Beer, there is a lack of text. [Attribution to Beer and dating to 1690 [rather than to Matthias Merian and dating to 1650] of this group of maps are via D. Smith, 'The enduring image of early British townscapes', Cartographic Journal 28 (1991), 163-175 (esp. p. 169).]

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

[? Johnann Christoph Beer [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.2 x 16.2

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): At least eleven of them.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

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

Known copies of map:

BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] B.I, Part VIII, York Minster Archives York Maps Portfolio Maps YY.1574; BL 577.f.2, CUL F169.c.1.1 [1690: J.C.Beer, Das Neu-geharnischte...].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Crossed branches-banners in usual Beer style.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

At bottom of map: a man controls two unruly horses; a carter whips a horse drawing a waggon laden with sacks.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560