Yorks-York-1895
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
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