Berkshire-Reading-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21384

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Berkshire

Town name:

Reading

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU714733

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 7172

Map title:

'Redingia. Redding.'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 326. Marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:7920*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.8 x 11.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24 [1661]; BL C.55.i.2 [in Coates 1802], BL 213.f.6 [1730: P. vander Aa] [via Eugene Burden].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Apparent ruins; one house in north-west surrounded by wall, with gateway.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Animals (? horses) in fields to east of town.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560