Yorks-York-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18499

Map Date:

? 1857

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas 4.86.7

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:

In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257].

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr & engr illns], The London Printing and Publishing Company [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

32.2 x 25.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Almost everything emphasised is described.

Mills:

windmills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas 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:

hospitals, mental

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [York & Ripon Diocesan Training Institution].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2 [1860.c: in R.M. Martin, Index-Gazetteer of the world...], York Minster Archives York Maps Portfolio; RGS Eng & Wales S.676, York Library map 37 [Whitehall Press, 1978]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Industry:

food/drink, glass, textiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown: Named.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

To left and right: nine vignettes of notable buildings and views.

Borders:

decorative

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560