Cheshire-Chester-1706 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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