Yorks-York-1818 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22511

Map Date:

[1818]

Repository reference:

BL 577.g.6

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:

'Plan of the city of York'.

Comments on map:

F.p. [1] of vol II of Wm Hargrove, History and description of the ancient city of York..., York: Alexander, London: Longman, Darton, etc, 1818.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Cave's sc York [eng], Wm Hargrove, York [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.3 x 18.7 [overall: map area 20.0 x 18.2].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Mostly blocked.

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Minister is pictorial.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: [Some gates and posterns named].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 577.g.6, CUL E.27.12 [in W. Hargrove, History and description of... York, vol 2, 1818].

Industry:

textiles

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Antiquities:

Monastic remains.

Waterbodies:

shown: [At Foss Island: suggestion of reeds].

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

shown partially: [Bail Hill, hill for Cliffords Tower].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560