Cambridgeshire-Ely-1729 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22396

Map Date:

? 1729

Repository reference:

BL G.3609

Historic county:

Cambridgeshire

Town name:

Ely

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL541804

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 5583

Comments on map:

On fol.C31 of Cantabrigia Illustrata, of het verheerlykt Cambridge, Amsterdam: Gerrit Tielenburg, n.d. [? 1730]. Straightforward derivative from Speed [Exeter 18441].

Scale:

1:9600*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.2 x 12.2 [map maximum: plate 13.7 x 12.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

BL G.3609(2), BOL Gough Maps 183.

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Relief:

'molehills'

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Animals in fields on north and east sides.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560