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Yorks-York-1886

CBTM:
19779
Map Date:
? 1886
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5960 (17)
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:] 'Plan of the city of York printed in colours, shewing the new boundaries and several wards, also a list of villages with distances.', [map:] 'Plan of the city of York.'
Comments on map:
Purchased by original owner, 30-31:8:86: typography of cover and the new wards make an earlier date than 1885-6 very unlikely. Price Sixpence.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
Ben Johnson & Co., 100 & 101 Micklegate, York [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
56.5 x 45.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
partly
Building names:
clergy residences, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works, misc: Water Tower.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, misc.: 'War Offices'.
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, mental, misc: [Blind School].
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: [Inferred from Grand Stand].
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5960(17), York Library map 44.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc, baths/spa: Exhibition, New Institute.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, mechanics institutes, misc: Yorkshire Club House and Chambers.
Post and telegraphs:
electric telegraph office, post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1849-51
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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