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Yorkshire East Riding 1835

Introduction - Description - Abbreviations - Maps - Yorkshire - Home page

Introduction

Graphics linked from the maps section of this page produce a large print map of Yorkshire East Riding in 1835, a tactile map with braille lettering, and a key to the tactile map. This page explains and describes the maps. Towns shown are parliamentary boroughs and polling places in 1835. The Description section says what is on the map. The Locations section gives locations within the county. The Maps section has links to the maps, which are in pdf (Acrobat) format, and to a page describing the way to produce a tactile map with braille letters from the pdf file. On another page is a general introduction to this series of maps of the English counties which are intended to be accessible to blind and partially sighted people. The Genuki pages for Yorkshire have more information about the county, its records, and all its towns and parishes.

Description

There is a solid circle at the top left of the map. The title follows it at the top of the map, which is the North.The county boundary is shown by a dotted line. The Chapman County Code ERY is in large letters at the bottom of the map. Towns are large dots, with the town name nearby. A ten mile scale bar is in the bottom left corner. Yorkshire East Riding is about 60 miles east to west by about 45 miles north to south. It is on the east coast, with the Humber and its estuary being part of its southern boundary. Directions on map - West is left, East is right, North is up, South is down.

Locations

In the list below the place name is given in full, followed by the position on the map within the county.

Beverley, centre
Bridlington, top right by coast
Great Driffield, centre
Hedon, bottom right
Howden, bottom left
Kingson upon Hull, bottom
New Malton (North Riding), top left, outside East Riding boundary
Pocklington, centre
Settrington, top left
York (separate city, Ainsty of York), left, outside East Riding boundary

Maps

Graphic of Tactile map with braille names (pdf file)

Graphic of key in braille (pdf file)

Instructions for making a tactile map

Large print map (pdf file)

A single copy of this page can be made by or for any individual user. If you wish to make multiple copies or modifications, please contact David Hawgood - email david at hawgood dot com - I will normally give permission but I wish to know what use is being made of the maps. I also welcome comments.