Yorks-York-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19777

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5960 (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:

Dating from BLML 1967 catalogue: no reciept date visible, but seems plausible. Some very fine lettering on original, e.g. Botanic Gardens, only legible with a magnifier.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

W. Monkhouse, Newbald & Stead, York [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.0 x 24.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Some public buildings highlighted in red.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, misc: Wills Office.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: Various named towers.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Known copies of map:

BL 010358.e.9, York Minster Archives York Maps Portfolio [1838]; BOL G.A.York 8o 1393 [1838/1971: in The new guide for strangers and residents in the city of York, repb S.R. Publishers]; BL 10347.aa.6(3) [1842]; BL 10352.aaa.28 [1844]; BLML Maps 5960(7) [1860: W. Monkhouse, Newbold & Steed]; BLML Maps 5960(6) [1879

Industry:

glass

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Fitting Shops.

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

botanic gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Plenty of gothic for antiquities.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Mechanised-strapwork round title and publisher.

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office, post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Nunnery.

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560