Durham-Durham-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21388

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Durham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ273421

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2742

Map title:

'Dunelmum. Durham'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 624 [in an Irish section: misplaced?]. Marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.0 x 10.5

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)

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Trees, bottom right, are an addition to the usual content of this mapping.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560