Norfolk-Norwich-1789 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20584

Map date:

23.4.1789

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.31.33

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Norwich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG233087

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 2208

Map title:

'Plan of the city of Norwich...1789'.

Dedicee of map:

Mayor, Recorder, Sheriffs, Aldermen and Commonalty of city.

Comments on map:

Raymond Frostick, The printed plans of Norwich, Norwich: author, 2002 [no.44], says (p.61, n.2) that Hochstetter was an Ordnance officer, who undertook private surveying, and that the map was published by B. Beatniffe, and Messrs Berry, Crosers & Stevenson, Norwich, and Downes & Marsh, Yarmouth.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Anthony Hochstetter [sv], Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.8 x 59.5

Number of parts:

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Quite detailed.

Ferries:

ferry

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Industry:

engineering

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: The reference lists non-Anglican under 'Public Buildings'.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: Gates and towers named.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses: Both medical and almshouse 'hospitals'.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial): [In Tombland].

Antiquities:

Cows Tower.

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Gardens:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [With supporters].

Known copies of map:

Frostick's no. 44. BLML K.Top.31.33, BOL Gough Maps Norfolk 27, C17 a.8, CUL Maps bb.77.97.4, Norwich Library 2.26(QO), 3.98, Norwich Castle Museum, TNA [PRO] WO 78/7581; Norwich Library Box XVII [1880s reprint]; CUL 457.c.93.164 [1931: extract in R.H. Mottram, John Crome of Norwich]; CUL Maps.bb.77.97.4 [1975: Norwich City Libraries];

Ordnance Survey/s:

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560