Yorks-York-1697
CBTM:
18341
Map Date:
1697
Repository reference:
York Central Library, reference library, map 12
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:
'Ye ichnography or ground plot of ye city of Yorke'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from what seems to be a very good photographic copy. Described as surveyed in 1694.
Scale:
1:3960
Map-maker:
Benedict Horsley, York [sv].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63.5 x 44.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.45.1, BOL Gough Maps Yorkshire 10, 11; York Library map 10 [good repro]; York Minster Archives York Maps Portfolio [2 photos]; [1997: in Murray, Scarborough, York and Leeds...].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Symbolic elements:
Surveying instruments, globe and papers: above scale, which is on 'altar'.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Pallace Yard, Mannor Yard.
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal
Dedicee of map:
Archbishop of York.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1849-51
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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