Cumberland-Carlisle-1631 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19782

Map Date:

[1631]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps.c.26.a.37

Historic county:

Cumberland

Town name:

Carlisle

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NY400460

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NY 4155

Map title:

'Carlile in Anglia.'

Comments on map:

In [Daniel Meisner], Libellus novus politicus emblematicus civitatum pars septima, oder Neiueen politischen statt. und emblematabuchs sievende cheil darinen das siebende ioo statt, vestung, schlosse, und slecke, so Dalingen, in Lothringden, Franckreich, Engeland und Hispanien, &. Littera. G., [Nuremburg], 1700 [no author or place of publication in BLML copy]. Top right: G47. Above 'map': 'Corvus non albescit.' Below 'map': 'In radys solis quanquam subtilibus undis Aspergas Corvum, non tamen albus erit.' and 'Bann man schon abnwendt allen fleiss, / Und will beleichen die Raben weiss, / At doch ahn ihhn alles umbsunst, / Verwendet ahn arbeit und lunst.' Mapping presumably derives from Speed. For further notes see Exeter 19783.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

[Daniel Meisner [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

14.5 x 10.2

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

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

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps c.26.a.37.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: man sprays watering can over crows or rooks under net.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1863-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560