Cheshire-Chester-1706
CBTM:
22122
Map Date:
? 1706
Repository reference:
BOL G.A. Oxon. 4o. 10.
Historic county:
Cheshire
Town name:
Chester
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ405665
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 4166
Map title:
'Cester, o Cestria.'
Comments on map:
At [fo. 144] in volume of Coronelli work, with various engraved titles: at start is Oxoniae, atque Cantabrigiae universitates celeberrimae a' Patre Cosmographo Cornonelli... [n.d.], followed by Oxfort da' Latini chimato Oxonium, universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, c descritta dal P. General Coronelli; [fo. 51] Cambridge, da' Latini detta Cantabrigia universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, e descritta ne' suoi viaggi cola dal P. Coronelli; [fo 80] INGHIL TERRA. Evidently derived from Speed: only text is river name.
Scale:
1:13,500*
Map-maker:
[Vincenzo Maria Coronelli [author].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.5 x 13.0 [overall: map 16.5 x 11.0].
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Known copies of map:
BOL G.A.Oxon.4o 10.
River and foreshore features:
weirs and waterfalls
Gardens:
shown
Relief:
cliffs: [River-cliffs, etc].
Crosses:
cross, (pictorial): [On Roodee].
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in river: man with nets (?) in field to SW of town.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Centre right].
Ordnance Survey's
1871-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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