Yorks-York-1844
CBTM:
20303
Map Date:
1844
Repository reference:
BL 10360.cc.36
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:
'York'.
Comments on map:
Dated 1844, but in The stranger's guide through the City of York, York: Bellerby and Sampson, 1846.
Scale:
1:5400
Map-maker:
W. Cave, Sculpt., York [eng], Bellerby & Sampson, York [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.7 x 30.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Building names:
clergy residences, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Staiths.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Cathedral shown in plan with piers, etc.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Known copies of map:
BOL G.A.Yorks.8o 1162 [1845]; BL 10360.cc.36 [1846]; York Library map 35 [1847: photocopy: stated to be for Bellerby's Stranger's guide, 8th edition]; BL 10358.cc.27 [1851]; BL RB.23.a.23134 [1854: 'ed 2'].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: [Coal depot].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Propylea [sic].
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
St Anthonys Hall, St Mary's Abbey.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: 'Cloud' ground.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: Yorkshire Museum.
Borders:
keyboard type
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1849-51
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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