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A Bibliography of County Maps - Large Scale County Maps of England. Tooley R.V.

The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland1579-1870 Chubb Thomas Dawson 1927
 
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 Plan of Hull 1537 anon.

West Riding of Yorkshire 1610 John Speed in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (Chubb p.23. XXII)

 Yorkshire 1612 Michael Drayton to illustrate his Polyolbion (Chubb p.45 XXXIII)

East Riding of Yorkshire 1607 Christopher Saxton Updated and Reissued by William Hole (Chubb p.32 XVIII )

Yorke 1617 Georg Braun and Remegius Hogenberg 

Hull 1620 Daniel Meisner

Yorkshire 1626 John Bill in his Abridgement of Camden's Britannia (Chubb p.52 XLI )

Yorkshire Lincolnshire Staffordshire Nottinghamshire Leicestershire Rutland and Norfolk 1628  Gerard Mercator

A True & Perfect Platt of Every Particular Cavel of Closs ...etc. 1639 Josias Arelbout & Thomas Smith Marriner

Yorkshire Lincolnshire: Staffordshire: Nottinghamshire: Leicestershire: Rutland: and Norfolk 1636  Henrik Hondius after Gerard Mercator
     (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

Plan of Kingston upon Hull 1640 Wenceslaus Hollar

Yorkshire 1646 Jan Jansson for his Atlas Novus

Yorkshire North Riding 1646 Jan Jansson for his Atlas Novus

East Riding of Yorkshire 1646 Jan Jansson (Image courtesy of Harvard University Library)

Yorkshire 1646 Jan Jansson in his Atlas Novus

Yorkshire 1646   Dirck Lansz van Santen in the Atlas Van der Hagen held in the collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek Atlas   (Image courtesy of Wikimedia)

Yorkshire 1651 Gerard Mercator in his Von Engeland

Yorkshire North Riding 1659 Joan Blaeu Atlas Major (Chubb 0.62 LIX ) 
     (Image courtesy of Wikimedia)


Newe Castle Novecastrum 1660 ( Amsterdam, anon. after John Speed(1610) (Image courtesy of The British Library Maps K.TOP.32.50

Yorkshire 1662 John Speed in A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the VVorld (Roger Rea Edition)  

Yorkshire North and East Ridings 1662 John Speed in A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (Roger Rea Edition)
    (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

Yorkshire West Riding 1662 John Speed in A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (Roger Rea Edition)
     (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

West Riding of Yorkshire  1665 Joan Blaeu in his Grand Atlas   (Chubb 0.62 LIX )
    (image courtesy of British Library - Albums)

Yorkshire East Riding  1665 Joan Blaeu (image courtesy of British Library - Albums) (Chubb 0.62 LIX )

Yorkshire East Riding 1673
Richard Blome in his Britannia (Chubb p.81 XCIX )

 Yorkshire 1676 Playing Card:  Robert Morden

The East Riding of Yorkshire 1690 Robert Morden  (Chubb CXlll )(Image courtesy of Yale University Library)

The West Riding of Yorkshire 1690 Robert Morden  (Chubb CXll)  (Image courtesy of Yale University Library)

North Riding of Yorkshire 1695  Robert Morden for Camden's Britannia (Chubb CXlll )

 The Ichnography or Ground Plot of ye City of Yorke 1694 Benedict Horesley. (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.45.1

Yorkshire 1701 1701-1703 John Seller for Camden's Britannia Abridged or: using the same plates; The History of England or: also: Anglia  and Contracta. and finally (post mortem) for Francis Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales 1777 -87 Chubb p.100 CXXII)

North  Riding of Yorkshire 1715 Gerardum Valk & Petrum Shenk after Jan Jansson:  Engraved Wenceslaus Hollar
     (Image Courtesy of Manchester University Library)  (Chubb p.77 XCIV)

The Eastriding of Yorke shire 1715   Gerardum Valk & Petrum Shenk after Jan Jansson's Atlas Contractus. Engraved Wenceslaus Hollar.   Shenk and Valk purchased Jansson's plates after his death and re-published them as single sheets.             (Image Courtesy of Manchester University Library)  (Chubb p.77 XCIV)
     (Image courtesy of Wikimedia)

Richmond 1720   J. Warburton

Kingston upon Hull  1720 "Copyed from Capt.Phillips"
     (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.44.33.a.)


South Prospect  Of Richmond.  In Ye North Riding  Of York 1724 Robert Harman  (filed in error at BL as R.Cole)
    (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.44.44. ).

Yorkshire East Riding 1725 Herman Moll   in A New description of England and Wales  
    (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.44.11)

Yorkshire North Riding  1725 Herman Moll  in A New description of England and Wales
    (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.44.11.)

Richmondiae Comitatus et Alvertunae Schira 1733 R. Gosling
    (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.44.20.1.)

Kingston upon Hull 1735 George Ohlson (reprint 1869)
    (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

East Riding of Yorkshire 1724 Herman Moll in A New description of England and Wales (Chubb p.125 CLX

The North Riding of Yorkshire 1724 Herman Moll in A New Description of England and Wales  (Chubb p.125 CLX

West  Riding of Yorkshire 1724 Herman Moll in A New Description of England and Wales (Chubb p.125 CLX 

Yorkshire 1724 Herman Moll in A New Description of England and Wales  (Chubb p.125 CLX)

Kingston-upon-Hull 1725  anon.

Plan of the town of Leeds 1725  John Cossins

Yorkshire  1728  Phillip Overton and Thomas Bowles  (A close copy of John Warburton?s large scale map of Yorkshire.)

Yorkshire 1732  Phillip Lea after Christopher Saxton sold by George Wildey

Sheffield (Sheet 01) 1736  Gosling

Sheffield (Sheet 02)  1736  Gosling

A Plan of the City of York 1736 William Bowyer
(Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.45.2.

Yorkshire 1742 Thomas Badeslade and William Tomsin Chorographia Britanniae (Chubb p.135 CLXXIIV

Yorkshire 1744 J. Cowley in Robert Dodsley's  Geography of England (Chubb p.139 CLXXXI)

A Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne 1746 Isaac Thompson (Image courtesy of The British Library: King's Collection)

A New and Exact plan of the city of York 1748 John Cossins
     (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.45.3.)

Plan de la Ville et Soubourgs de York  1750 Sr. P. Chassereau engr. Jean Lerocque
     (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.45.4.

The East Riding of York Shire 1750 Emanuel Bowen .and Thomas Kitchen in The Large English Atlas J.Hinton pub  Chubb p.157 CXCV)   (Image courtesy of Yale University Library)

An Accurate Map of the North  Riding of York Shire 1750 Emanuel Bowen for The Large English Atlas

The West Riding of York Shire1750 Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin  J.Hinton pub.  (Image courtesy of Yale University)

A Plan of Newcastle 1769 A. Armstrong (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

Yorkshire 1769 Thomas Kitchin in Kitchin's Pocket Atlas (Chubb p.195CCXXXV)

The North Riding of Yorkshire 1770 Thomas Kitchin

Leeds 1770 Robert Sayer (re-published 1878 )

The County of York Survey'd  1770 Thomas Jeffereys

Sheffield 1771 William Fairbanks

Yorkshire East Riding 1772 Sidney Hall for Leigh's New Atlas of England and Wales  (Chubb 272 CCCXXIII)

A Plan of the Town of Warrington 1773
     (Image courtesy of The British Library: King's Collection. Maps K.Top.18.85.11 tab. .

The Towne of Hull  1775 Wenceslas Hollar

Plan of the City of York and Ainsty 1785 James Thomson (Image courtesy of
The British Library King's Collection Maps K.TOP.44.19.)

Yorkshire 1786 Thomas Kitchen in The Antiquities of England and Wales

Yorkshire 1787 John Seller in his Anglia Contracta

A Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead 1788 R. Beilby
    (Image courtesy of The British Library: King's Collection)

Yorkshire 1790 Westmoreland Northumberland   Franz Johann Joseph Von-Reilly

Plan of the Town and Harbour of Kingston upon Hull 1790  A. Bower
(Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

North Riding of York Shire 1790 Emanuel Bowen   (Image courtesy of Yale University Library)

Kingston-upon-Hull 1792 A. Bower

Yorkshire 1793 John Cary in his New and Correct English Atlas Chubb p.213  CCLX) 
 
(Image courtesy of New York Library Digital Collections

East Riding of Yorkshire 1793 John Cary in his New and Correct English Atlas Chubb p.213  CCLX)
     (Image courtesy of New York Library Digital Collections

 North Riding of Yorkshire 1793 John Cary in his New and Correct English Atlas  Chubb p.213  CCLX)
     (Image courtesy of New York Library Digital Collections)

The Canal from Liverpool to Leeds  1794 John Aikin & John Stockdale  

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Canal 1794 John Cary

The Canal from Huddersfield to Ashton 1795 John Aikin

A Plan of Sheffield 1797 William Fairbank

Yorkshire 1804  William Green in The Picture of England
   
(Image courtesy of The British Library: King's Collection)

Yorkshire East and West Riding 1810 George Cole and John Roper in their British Atlas 
p.250 CCCXXXIX)
 (Image courtesy of The British Library-King's Topographical Collection)

Yorkshire West Riding 1810 George Cole and John Roper in their British Atlas (Chubb p.250 CCCXXXIX)
(Image courtesy of The British Library-King's Topographical Collection)

North Riding of Yorkshire 1819 Ellis's New and Correct Atlas (Chubb p.266 CCCLXIII)

West Riding of Yorkshire 1819 Ellis's New and Correct Atlas (Chubb p.266 CCCLXIII)

Yorkshire 1820 Sidney Hall for Leigh's New Atlas of England and Wales (Chubb p.272CCCLXXIV )

A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822 Thomas Langdale (Image courtesy of The British Library-Mechanical Curator)

Yorkshire 1822 Samuel Leigh in Leigh's New Pocket Atlas

A Plan of Sheffield 1823 anon.

Plan of Hull 1823 Samuel Neele

Yorkshire1824 George Carrington  Gray in The Tourist and Traveller's Guide to the Roads.
(Chubb p.281 CCCXCII)

Yorkshire East Riding 1824 George Carrington  Gray in The Tourist and Traveller's Guide to the Roads.
(Chubb p.281 CCCXCII)

Yorkshire 1828 Samuel Lewis for The Encyclopaedia Londoniensis

Yorkshire 1830 Pigot & Co.'s British Atlas

Beverly 1832 Robert Kearsley Dawson for Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales

Greenwood's Picture of Hull 1835
J. & C. Greenwood (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)(Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

Yorkshire East Riding  1834
C. and J. Greenwood in  Atlas of the Counties of England (Chubb CCCCLVII1a) (Image courtesy of www.davidrumsey.com)

Yorkshire North Riding    1834
C. and J. Greenwood in  Atlas of the Counties of England (Chubb CCCCLVII1a) (Image courtesy of www.davidrumsey.com)

Yorkshire West Riding    1834
C. and J. Greenwood in  Atlas of the Counties of England (Chubb CCCCLVII1a) (Image courtesy of www.davidrumsey.com)  

 
Beverley 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary 
(Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Bradford 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Dudley 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary   (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Huddersfield 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Grimsby 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Knaresborough 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary  (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

New Malton 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Northallerton 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary    Scroll down for detail...

 Northallerton-detail 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary

Pontefract 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Richmond  1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Ripon 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Scarborough 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Thirsk 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Whitby 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

York 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary
(Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Northallerton 1835 Robert Kearsley Dawson for the Boundaries Commission 
Northallerton-Detail 1835 Robert K. Dawson for the Boundaries Commission 

Halifax  1835 Robert K. Dawson for the Boundaries Commission

East Riding of Yorkshire 1836 Thomas Moule in The English Counties Delineated (Chubb p.325 CCCLXXI)

West Riding of Yorkshire 1836 Thomas Moule in The English Counties Delineated      ( Chubb p.325 CCCLXXI)

North Riding of Yorkshire 1836 Thomas Moule in The English Counties Delineated  (Chubb p.325 CCCLXXI)

West Riding of Yorkshire 1843 Joshua Archer

East Riding of Yorkshire 1850 Robert Creighton with J & C Walker  (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Plans of Hartlepool and Whitby 1850 Alexander Fullarton

The Shambles York 1852
     (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

York 1856 A Guide for strangers and visitors through the City of York  anon.
    (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

Visitor's guide to Harrogate Ripon and adjoining country, etc 1858 anon (Image courtesy of The Mechanical Curator & Wikimedia)

History of the town and port of Kingston-upon-Hull 1866  James Josepph Sheahan  (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

Plan of Hull  1883 George Bartholomew

Plan of Leeds 1874  Walter G. Blackie in The Imperial Gazetteer

Yorkshire North Riding 1879 Perron_

Plan of Huddersfield 1883 Adam Black in Black's Guide To England and Wales

Plan of Hull 1883 Adam Black in Black's Guide To England and Wales

Plan of Leeds 1883 Adam Black in Black's Guide To England and Wales

Plan of Newcastle 1883 Adam Black in Black's Guide To England and Wales

Plan of Sheffield 1883 Adam Black in Black's Guide To England and Wales

Leeds 1884 (Left Sheet)  A  + C Black

Leeds 1884 (Right Sheet)  A  + C Black

Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead 1884

 (Left Sheet)       (Right Sheet)
A. & C. Black (Image courtesy of The Mechanical Curator & Wikimedia)

City of York 1884
 
(Left Sheet)      (Right Sheet)
 A. & C. Black (Image courtesy of The Mechanical Curator & Wikimedia)

Halifax 1884   A. & C. Black (Image courtesy of The Mechanical Curator & Wikimedia)

 Middlesborough and Stockton on Tees 1885

Insurance Map of Leeds 1886 Charles Goad 

Wharfdale  1888   Fred Cobley in Upper and Lower Wharfedale illustrated

Scarborough 1890 George Bartholomew

Insurance Plan of Dewsbury 1893 
    (Image courtesy of the British Library )Yorks sheet 7 (BL_147817)

 Insurance Plan of Leeds 1893 Vol._II;_sheet_62_(BL_149138)
     (image courtesy of The British Library)

Insurance Plan of Hull 1893 (Yorkshire) Vol _II;_sheet_28 (BL_148951)
(image courtesy of The British Library)

Plan of Huddersfield 1896  Adam Black in Black's Guide to England and Wales

Plan of Hull 1898 Newnes

Plan of Harrogate 1898 George Bartholomew

A Plan of Bradford 1907 Bacon

A Plan of Leeds 1909 G. Bartholomew

Plan of York 1910 George Bartholomew

Sheffield 1924 George Bartholomew

Hull 1924 George Bartholomew