Yorks-York-1872 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20305

Map Date:

? 1872

Repository reference:

York City Library, reference section, folders of old York maps [no. 41]

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 the city of York'.

Comments on map:

Noted on back as from Johnson & Tesseyman's Directory of York, 1872.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

Johnson & Tesseyman Litho York [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

44.5 x 38.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

roads, boundaries: Apparently colour-printed: unimpressive.

Road names:

outside built-up area only

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only, misc: Only Minster specifically indicated: rest are undescribed rectangles.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses: Indicated by Grand Stand.

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [Parliamentary and municipal boundaries].

Known copies of map:

BL LOCATION???, York Library map 41.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560