Yorks-York-1727 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18342

Map Date:

? 1727

Repository reference:

BOL Gough Maps Yorkshire 26

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:

'A new & exact plan of the city of York'.

Comments on map:

Map is surrounded by vignettes of important buildings and houses, and ground plans of county hospital and assembly rooms. 'Iohn Cofsins Metit et Delin'. Description of city at bottom of map, outside border.

Scale:

1:1980

Map-maker:

John Cossins [sv, dr], B. Cole [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

89.0 x 77.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Building generalisation more appropriate to 1:63,360 than 1:1980: looks crude even at about 1:5000.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Maps Yorkshire 26 [1746]; BOL Gough Maps Yorkshire 27 [1748: new edn, engr J. Haynes]; BLML K.Top.45.3 [1748]; NRRO; York City Library, York Library maps 14 & 14 [photos]; [1748/1997: in Murray, Scarborough, York and Leeds...].

Gardens:

shown: Named.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Sixteen vignettes of important buildings and houses to left and right of mapped area.

Borders:

decorative

Symbolic elements:

Putti: hold banner containing dedication. Main cartoucche has face with rays of light behind, shell below, and leaves on top.

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial)

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Mannor Yard, Trinity Yard.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Shipping in river.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map, ecclesiastical

Dedicee of map:

Sir William Milner, Bart, and Hon. Edward Thompson, the MPs.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560