Yorks-York-1864 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20141

Map Date:

1864

Repository reference:

North Yorkshire RO M46a [MIC 2015/248-262]

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 Roman, Mediaeval & Modern York, drawn on the basis of the Ordnance Survey of 1851, & partly surveyed by Robert H. Skaife, The Mount, York. 1864.'

Comments on map:

The accent seems distinctly more on modern than on older York. 'Regd. Octr. 1864' at bottom of reference, which lists existing churches and 'hospitals' with sans-serif heading, and lost ones, including 'Maisons Dieu', under gothic headings. Statistics of population in 1811 and 1861, and of circumference of the walls.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

Robert H. Skaife, The Mount, York [sv], Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, London W.C. [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

90 x 69

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, misc: Judges House.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, mental: Almshouses in reference are 'Hospitals' and 'Maisons Dieu'.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

NRRO M46a [MIC 2015/248-262] [1864]; BLML Maps 5965(1) [1926: reworking].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations: Full details of rails in open air, but none of those under roofs.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Numerous sites indicated.

Clubs and societies:

FNQ

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560