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]
  • 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

Notes
  1. 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. Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via British History Online.
  • An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3, South west. London. 1972. Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via British History Online.
  • An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central. London. 1981. Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via British History Online.


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