Yorks-York-1736
CBTM:
19376
Map Date:
1736
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
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 plan of the city of York.'
Comments on map:
In Francis Drake, Eboracum, or the history and antiquities of the city of York, London: author, 1736, f.p.244. Minimum of text on map: almost all naming and describing is by numbers and letters.
Scale:
1:6840
Map-maker:
Francis Drake [? author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
38.0 x 30.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Churches, gates and some other notable buildings shown pictorially.
Mills:
watermills, (pictorial)
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL 2063.e, K.191.g.19, G.7443, BLML K.Top.45.2, BOL Gough Yorks 57, TNA [PRO] Library, York Library map 16, York Minster Archives York Maps Portfolio; York Library map 17 [later state with extended reference, and dates and dedications removed; map 18 is York & Ainsty, reputedly by Drake, c.1:126,720, with route of proposed canal from York to Broomfleet, 1616]; RGS Eng & Wales S/S 224 [no dedications: 38.7 x 28.3]; York Library maps 24, 25; BOL G.A. Yorks.c.81 [1978: facsimile by E.P. Publishing].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Antiquities:
Numerous antiquities or their sites are indicated.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Scale is on altar, with palatte, brushes, book, roll, globe, more books and small picture of ? assembly rooms disposed on top.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Symbolic elements:
Altar, palatte, brushes, books, roll, globe, small picture of ? assembly rooms: surround scale.
Dedicee of map:
The Common Council of the City of York.
Ordnance Survey's
1849-51
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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