Old Map of Yorkshire in 1844 by Samuel Lewis - Leeds, Sheffield, York classic map reproduction rendering a county then still

rendering a county then still recovering from decades of plantation and war

Whether you recall punting along the river or dream of stepping inside centuries-old halls

coupled with the lively waterfront that would birth the city’s maritime and industrial sectors

Originally produced for maritime navigation

Old Map of Yorkshire in 1844 by Samuel Lewis - Leeds, Sheffield, York classic map reproduction rendering a county then stillThis 1844 map of Yorkshire was produced by Samuel Lewis as part of the same nationwide series of county surveys that accompanied his Topographical Dictionary of England, a reference work aiming to document every English parish alongside a short written history. Given the sheer size of historic Yorkshire, the largest county in England, Lewis's map had to compress an unusually dense record of towns, cities and villages onto a single sheet, tracing the