Cornwall-Falmouth-1567 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23144

Map Date:

? 1567

Repository reference:

BL Ac.1225

Historic county:

Cornwall

Town name:

Falmouth, Penryn

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SW807328

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SW 8233

Comments on map:

F.p. 154 in H.M. Jeffrey, 'The early topography of Falmouth', Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, IX [pt 2] [1887], 147-59. Noted as copied (in fact transcribed) from British Museum Royal MS 18.D.111: 'Lake, Lith, Truro'. Date '1567' given on p.150.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

51.0 x 37.5

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

misc: 'College'.

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL Ac1225, CUL P479.c.26.9,2 [in Jl of the Royal Instn of Cornwall, 9,ii, 1887].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Ordnance Survey's

1877-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1877-8

1:2500

1:10,560