Yorks-York-1895 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20307

Map Date:

? 1895

Repository reference:

York City Library, reference section, folders of old York maps [no. 45]

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:

'Bacon's plan of York'.

Comments on map:

Dated c.1895 by York Library on back, which seems reasonable. Date code 60M10 bottom left. One of Bacon's more presentable efforts.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

G.W. Bacon & Co., 127 Strand, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.5 x 51.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, boundaries, land-use: Open spaces green; municipal boundary hand-coloured: register of buildings not very good on this copy.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Not differentiated.

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [Municipal boundary].

Known copies of map:

York Library map 45.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, uncertain, furniture/pottery, misc: Works; Laundry.

Railways:

routes, sidings, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Waggon Works.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Exhibition.

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Rowntree's Cocoa Works].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

misc

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 0.25-mile.

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

depots

Ordnance Survey's

1849-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1889

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560