Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1688
CBTM:
20687
Map Date:
1688
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 2.e.13
Historic county:
Cambridgeshire
Town name:
Cambridge
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL449587
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 4459
Map title:
'Nova & accuratissima celeberrimae universitatis oppidique Cantabrigiensis ichnographia. Ano. 1688.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from version reproduced in J. Willis Clark and Arthur Grey, Old plans of Cambridge, Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1921.
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
Dav. Loggan [dr, eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.7 x 40.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: Pictorial mound, in contrast to the planimetry on the rest of the map.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, misc: Spinn house.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Tennis Courts.
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML 683.k.5, K.Top.8.43, BOL Gough Maps 2, Fol.23, Gough Maps 75, CUL Maps.FR.x.21, Maps.FR.x.3, Maps.bb.53.68.1, Maps.bb.999.01.104 [photo], Cam.bb.690.1,1, SSS.13.4, Ii.9.7, Ii.9.8; BLML Maps 2.e.13, BOL C17:70 Cambridge a.1, CUL Atlas.2.92.1, CUL Atlas.0.92.15, CUL Maps.bb.999.01.93- , CUL 5696.c.92.2, RGS 1.C.94 [Pl.6 in J. Willis Clark & Arthur Grey, Old plans of Cambridge, 1921]; Cambridge City Library 1688.A; Cambridge City Library 1688.B [redrawn G.J.Smith, 1866: c.18.5'', 20.75 x 16.75'']; CUL Lib.1.90.158 [1905]; BOL G.Per.14 e [1971: in Bulletin SUC, 6(1)]; BOL C17:70 Cambridge b.2 [1974: in Historic towns, vol 2].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Figure with lyre, Britannia with owl: to left and right of tablet with reference; putti hold dedication.
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices: ['Post house'].
Symbolic elements:
Figure, lyre, Britannia, owl: surround reference.
Arms and heraldry:
dedicee of map, university colleges, municipal: [Dedicee assumed].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Dedicee of map:
Rev Dr Francis Turner, Master of St John's College.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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