Yorks-York-1871
CBTM:
19778
Map Date:
? 1871
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5960 (8)
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:
[Cover:] 'Abel Heywood & Son's handy plan of York. Price fourpence'. [map:] 'Plan of York'.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author, pr], Abel Heywood & Son, 56 & 58 Oldham St, Manchester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
38.2 x 26.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
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: Careful naming of posterns, etc.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5960(8), York Library map 40 [1870]; BL 10347.bb.37 [1884: 1:10,560: in Black's guide to the county of York, 12th edition, Edinburgh: Black, 1884]; 1888: in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed, VOL XXIV, p.750.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, glass
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, baths/spa
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Post and telegraphs:
electric telegraph office, post offices
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
'Wilson's Inst.'
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
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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