Cartography of York
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The Cartography of York is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the city of York. The following is a list of historic maps of York:
- c.1610: John Speed's map[1]
- 1624: Samuel Parsons' map of Dringhouses[2]
- c1682: Captain James Archer's Plan of the Greate, Antient & Famous Citty of York[3]
- 1685: Jacob Richards' Survey of the City of York[4]
- 1694: Benedict Horsley's Iconography or Ground Plot of ye City of Yorke[1]
- 1722: John Cossins: A New and Exact Plan of the City of York[1]
- 1748: re-issue of Cossins' New and Exact Plan with five new architectural illustrations across the upper edge of the engraving. These include the new County Hospital and the Assembly Rooms
- 1736: map in Francis Drake's Eboracum
- 1784: William White's plan of York
- various: Tithe maps
- 1822: Alfred Smith's map, published in Edward Baines' History, Directory and Gazetteer of the county of York.[5][6]
- 1832: map by Robert Cooper
- 1852: York Ordnance Survey
- 1858: Nathaniel Whittock’s Birds Eye View
- 1900: Bacon's map of the environs of York
- 1909: Ordnance Survey map
- 1937: Ordnance Survey map
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