From the momentous to the outlandish, this little book brings together past & present to offer a taste of York. Learn about the movers & shakers who shaped this fantastic city. The great & the good; the bad & the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories, triumph & tragedy. Best places
- worst places. Origins, evolution, future. Written by a local who knows what makes York tick.
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York, Selby & Tadcaster area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 290, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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York, Selby & Tadcaster area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 290, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Map No. 105, York & Selby, in the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Pontefract, Knottingley, Castleford, Fairburn, Beal, Eggborough, Snaith, Goole, Swinefleet, Drax, Howden, Hemingbrough, Burn, Hambleton, Kippax, Garforth, Aberton, Church Fenton, Riccall, North Duffield, Barlby, Spaldington, Bubwith, Seaton Ross, Ellerton, Escrick, Ulleskelf, Tadcaster, Appleton Roebuck, Wheldrake, Melbourne, Barmby Moor, Wilberfoss, Copmanthorpe, Wetherby, Rufforth, Tockwith, Kirk Hammerton, Whixley, Shipton, Upper Poppleton, Haxby, Dunnington, Fangfoss, Bugthorpe & Stamford Bridge. Edition C4; Publication Date February 2011 This title is also available on our website in a waterproof & tear-resistant version. Maps in this series are only published folded. Stanfords can also print flat versions of Ordnance Survey maps through the OS Select system, centring the map on a location of your choice & with a picture provided by you on the cover. For more information please click on the link at the bottom of this description. About Ordnance Survey ...

Map No. 105, York & Selby 1840-1858, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. * Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring.* Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines.* Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc.* New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage

Includes:: present day Pontefract, Knottingley, Castleford, Fairburn, Beal, Eggborough, Snaith, Goole, Swinefleet, Drax, Howden, Hemingbrough, Burn, Hambleton, Kippax, Garforth, Aberton, Church Fenton, Riccall, North Duffield, Barlby, Spaldington, Bubwith, Seaton Ross, Ellerton, Escrick, Ulleskelf, Tadcaster, Appleton Roebuck, Wheldrake, Melbourne, Barmby Moor, Wilberfoss, Copmanthorpe, Wetherby, Rufforth, Tockwith, Kirk Hammerton, Whixley, Shipton, Upper Poppleton, Haxby, Dunnington, Fangfoss, Bugthorpe & Stamford Bridge.* PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series *centring the map on a location of your choice.* For more information please click on the link below.



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Map No. 105, York & Selby 1903, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. * Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring.* Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines.* Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc.* New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage

Includes:: present day Pontefract, Knottingley, Castleford, Fairburn, Beal, Eggborough, Snaith, Goole, Swinefleet, Drax, Howden, Hemingbrough, Burn, Hambleton, Kippax, Garforth, Aberton, Church Fenton, Riccall, North Duffield, Barlby, Spaldington, Bubwith, Seaton Ross, Ellerton, Escrick, Ulleskelf, Tadcaster, Appleton Roebuck, Wheldrake, Melbourne, Barmby Moor, Wilberfoss, Copmanthorpe, Wetherby, Rufforth, Tockwith, Kirk Hammerton, Whixley, Shipton, Upper Poppleton, Haxby, Dunnington, Fangfoss, Bugthorpe & Stamford Bridge.* PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series *centring the map on a location of your choice.* For more information please click on the link below.



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Map No. 105, York & Selby 1924-1925, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. * Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring.* Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines.* Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc.* New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage

Includes:: present day Pontefract, Knottingley, Castleford, Fairburn, Beal, Eggborough, Snaith, Goole, Swinefleet, Drax, Howden, Hemingbrough, Burn, Hambleton, Kippax, Garforth, Aberton, Church Fenton, Riccall, North Duffield, Barlby, Spaldington, Bubwith, Seaton Ross, Ellerton, Escrick, Ulleskelf, Tadcaster, Appleton Roebuck, Wheldrake, Melbourne, Barmby Moor, Wilberfoss, Copmanthorpe, Wetherby, Rufforth, Tockwith, Kirk Hammerton, Whixley, Shipton, Upper Poppleton, Haxby, Dunnington, Fangfoss, Bugthorpe & Stamford Bridge.* PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series *centring the map on a location of your choice.* For more information please click on the link below.



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Map No. 105, York & Selby, in the waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active version of the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Pontefract, Knottingley, Castleford, Fairburn, Beal, Eggborough, Snaith, Goole, Swinefleet, Drax, Howden, Hemingbrough, Burn, Hambleton, Kippax, Garforth, Aberton, Church Fenton, Riccall, North Duffield, Barlby, Spaldington, Bubwith, Seaton Ross, Ellerton, Escrick, Ulleskelf, Tadcaster, Appleton Roebuck, Wheldrake, Melbourne, Barmby Moor, Wilberfoss, Copmanthorpe, Wetherby, Rufforth, Tockwith, Kirk Hammerton, Whixley, Shipton, Upper Poppleton, Haxby, Dunnington, Fangfoss, Bugthorpe & Stamford Bridge. Edition C4; Publication date April 2012 About Ordnance Survey ...

Map No. 105, York & Selby, in a waterproof & tear-resistant version of the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Pontefract, Knottingley, Castleford, Fairburn, Beal, Eggborough, Snaith, Goole, Swinefleet, Drax, Howden, Hemingbrough, Burn, Hambleton, Kippax, Garforth, Aberton, Church Fenton, Riccall, North Duffield, Barlby, Spaldington, Bubwith, Seaton Ross, Ellerton, Escrick, Ulleskelf, Tadcaster, Appleton Roebuck, Wheldrake, Melbourne, Barmby Moor, Wilberfoss, Copmanthorpe, Wetherby, Rufforth, Tockwith, Kirk Hammerton, Whixley, Shipton, Upper Poppleton, Haxby, Dunnington, Fangfoss, Bugthorpe & Stamford Bridge. Edition C3; Revised for selected changes 2006; Copyright date 2006 This title is also available on our website in a paper version. Maps in this series are only published folded. Stanfords can also print flat versions of Ordnance Survey maps through the OS Select system, centring the map on a location of your choice & with a picture provided by you on the cover. For more information please click on the link at the bottom of this description. About Ordnance Survey ...

York City & Clifton in 1907 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Most of the city centre is covered, stretching from Ouse Bridge & Foss Bridge northward to Haxby Road & Fountayne Street; & from Monkgate westward to Clifton & to Garnet Terrace. Features include the great cathedral, Lendal Bridge, Museum Street, Micklegate, Parliament Street, Theatre Royal, St Cuthbert`s church, Deanery, City Wall, Workhouse (right margin), Diocesan Training College, Bootham Park Asylum, St Peter`s School, Clifton. Railway information

Includes:: most of the station, Old Station, Royal Station Hotel, engine shed (today`s museum), & the many NER goods lines west of the station, with track layout shown, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Bootham, Clifton Green, Hanover Street, Hungate, Leeman Road, Lowther Street, Minster Yard, Parliament Street & Pavement. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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