Carnarvonshire-Carnarvon-1695 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22615

Map Date:

? 1695

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.7.c.4

Historic county:

Carnarvonshire

Town name:

Carnarvon

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SH480628

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SH 4863

Map title:

'Caernarvon'.

Comments on map:

Inset bottom right on 'Mona Insula alias Anglesey and Caernarvan Shire discribed by C.S. corrected and amended with many additions by Phil: Lea'; included in The shires of England and Wales described by Christopher Saxton being the best and original mapps with many additions and corrections, London: Philip Lea, n.d. A straightforward reduced-scale imitation of Speed. Scale measured as 0.76 ins to 120 paces, 1:9473.

Scale:

1:9449

Map-maker:

Philip Lea [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

8.2 x 9.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, misc: Exchequer.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Maps 37 Fol. 29 ['1690']; BLML Maps 6125 (6), BLML Maps C.7.c.4 [1690s]; CUL Atlas 3.73.2 [1732].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Banner.

Relief:

(pictorial)

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial ship by quayside and another north of town.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1887

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560