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Bedfordshire-Bedford-1689

CBTM:
21151
Map Date:
? 1689
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.21.e.10
Historic county:
Bedfordshire
Town name:
Bedford
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL050497
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 0549
Map title:
'Bedforde'.
Comments on map:
Inset on The County of Northampton together wth ye three small Counties of Bedford Hvntingdon & Rvtland exactly drawn by one scale by CS, corrected & amended with many additions by P. Lea, in All the shires of England and Wales described by Christopher Saxton being the best and original maps with many additions and corrections by Philip Lea, [London:] Philip Lea, n.d. [Pasted at the front is a letter from Edward Lynam to D. Grenside, 16 November 1935, in which Lynam says it is the earliest copy he has seen and that it probably came out in the year of the licence, 1699.]
Scale:
1:12,000*
Map-maker:
[Philip Lea [pb].].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
6.8 x 9.8 [inset].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps C.21.e.10 [?1689]; BOL Douce Prints b.28 [1689]; CUL Atlas 3.73.2 [1732].
Industry:
lime/cement
Gardens:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Abbey.
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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