Yorks-York-1860
CBTM:
22894
Map Date:
? 1860
Repository reference:
Cambridge University Library Maps.c.18.G.127
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:
Possibly designed for guidebook. Dated c.1860 in CUL cards: shows pre-1854 railway names.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
W. Monkhouse, Lith., York [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.0 x 21.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Minster shown inn plan with piers.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, dispensaries, hospitals: [School for Blind; Several of the 'hospitals' are really almshouses].
Education and academic:
schools, observatories
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.18.G.127
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
City walls, with towers, posterns and gates; St Marys Abbey, Castle: in plan.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal: [Top left: see; top right: city].
Miscellaneous religious group:
Nunnery.
Ordnance Survey's
1849-51
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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