Cartography of York

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][1] [2]
* 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 [3]
* 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 [4]
* 1858: Nathaniel Whittock’s Birds Eye View
* 1900: Bacon's map of the environs of York [5]
* 1909: Ordnance Survey map
* 1937: Ordnance Survey map

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Addyman 2015, Sheet X.
2. ↑ City of York, Vol:3 1972, Plate 4.
3. ↑ City of York, Vol:2 1972, Plate 60.
4. ↑ City of York, Vol:2 1972, Plate 61.
5. ↑ Addyman 2015, Sheet Y.
6. ↑ City of York, Vol:5 1981, Plate 1.

## Bibliography

* Addyman, Peter, ed (2015). The British Historic Towns Atlas, Volume V, York. Historic Towns Trust. ISBN 978-1-78570-127-6.
* An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 2, the Defences. London. 1972. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol2. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
* An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3, South west. London. 1972. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol3. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
* An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central. London. 1981. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol5. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

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