Yorks-York-1771 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18559

Map Date:

1771

Repository reference:

University of Exeter, Department of Geography

Historic county:

Yorks, West Riding

Town name:

York

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SE603552

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SE 6151

Map title:

'A plan of the City of York.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from facsimile published by Harry Margary, 1973, with introduction by J.B. Harley and J.C. Harvey. Inset on Jeffreys' 1:63,360 map of Yorkshire.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Thomas Jeffreys [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38.9 x 50.9 [irregular].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 150.e.18, K.Top.44.7.8 Tab.End, BOL C17:63a.2, Leeds Library 912.4274.J.36.8 [2 sets], NLS EME.s.11, NRRO ZDU [MIC 1919/229-430 & DN 79] [1771]; CUL Atlas.1.76.1,41, Maps AA.93.77.1-, York Minster Archives [1772]; BOL Gough Maps 77, BLML Maps 5895(5), CUL Atlas 1.76.2,7- [1775]; RGS Eng & Wales D.88,

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Monastic remains, named towers, St Anthonys Hall, Manor Yard, Old Bail [hachured mound].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Fused with border.

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Borders:

decorative: Fused with cartouche.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices: [Post House].

Symbolic elements:

Upper border develops decoratively with two snakes.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Ferries:

ferry

Dedicee of map:

Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham, etc, etc, Lord Lieutenant, etc.

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560