Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1707
CBTM:
21202
Map Date:
? 1707
Repository reference:
BL G.3609, CUL Views.x.5,7
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:
'Cambridge.'
Comments on map:
CUL copy noted in pencil as published in Les delices de la Grande Bretangne, & de l'Irlande, par J. Beeverell, Tome 1, Leide, 1707, 'see Lib.8.70.1'. 'Pag. 102', top right. Scale of 600 'pieds', which happens to read at about 0.5 inch to 440 feet. Style suggests it deriveas from Loggan. Text in reference in English. BL copy is on fol.C2 of Cantabrigia Illustrata, of het verheerlykt Cambridge, Amsterdam: Gerrit Tielenburg, n.d. [? 1730]. [Identification of Les Delices and Tielenburg made on basis of similarity of description and map size. If they are in fact from different plates, then the later is a very close copy.]
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
15.8 x 12.7 [overall: map 15.8 x 10.2 maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses: [Workhouse is 'The Spinn house'].
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
CUL Lib.8.70.1, Maps.53(2).70.1, Views.x.5/7 [1707]; BOL Gough Gen Top 247 [1727]; BL G.3609(2), BOL Gough Maps 183 [1730.c: G. Tielenburg: Cantabrigia Illustrata, of het verheerlykt Cambridge].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown: Various greens and pieces.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices: ['The Post house'].
Arms and heraldry:
university colleges, municipal
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated, misc: Ornament suggests cultivated ground on fringe.
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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