Northamptonshire-Northampton-1750 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22386

Map Date:

? 1750

Repository reference:

CUL MS Plans 846

Historic county:

Northamptonshire

Town name:

Northampton

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP755604

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 7562

Map title:

'The borough of Northampton.'

Comments on map:

Neatly drawn: purpose unclear, but dissected to fold. CUL dates it c.1750.

Scale:

1:4752

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

35.5 x 44.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

land-use, other: Trees and some lettering in dark blue.

Road names:

generally: Including several 'Yards' and 'Tenements'.

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown: [At least some 'woods' may be orchards or ornamental ground].

Known copies of map:

CUL MS.Plan.846.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560