Durham-Durham-1650 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22834

Map Date:

? 1650

Repository reference:

BL Add. MS. 11564 ('17' [recte fols 34-35])

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Durham

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ273421

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2742

Map title:

'Plan de Dvrham.'

Comments on map:

Evidently derived directly from Speed and indirectly from someone else. In a volume, untitled, of 116 manuscript 'town plans' of Europe, in which the main interest seems to be in the fortifications and buildings outside the walls, rather than in building-up within the walls. Title is only text, other than 'Were Fl.'.

Scale:

1:3200*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.0 x 45.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use, decorative

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Omitted within walls.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

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

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL Add. MS. 11564.

Gardens:

shown: [Orchard-like].

Relief:

'molehills'

Crosses:

multiple crosses, (pictorial): [Two: outside walls].

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560