Durham-Durham-1754 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19728

Map Date:

1754

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2265 (2)

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:

'...Plan of the City of Durham...'.

Comments on map:

This seems to be the original used for Armstrong 14 years later [Exeter 19727].

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

T. Forster [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.5 x 49.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally: Comprehensive.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: 'Pant', Fountain (both pictorial); some named wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican ones pictorial; as on Exeter 19727, the cathedral is somewhat oversize.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, R, misc: Exchequer.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals: [Former Hospital].

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

cross, (pictorial)

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: [Racecourse with pictorial posts].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Berwick RO 740/P60, BLML 2265(2), K.Top.12(33), BOL (E)C17:70 Durham (1), Gough Maps Durham 18 & 19, Gough Maps 41B Fol 45, CUL Maps.aa.60.75.1, Durham RO D/N 104/3, Newcastle Central Library L.912.1 D961 [acc. Cr.92485]; TNA [PRO] Library [Victoria County History, III, 46].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Relief:

(pictorial)

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Crosses:

CP

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

North pointer is eastern hemisphere (about 40 degrees West to 180 degrees East), centred on Horn of Africa, without indicating where Durham is (which is pretty peripheral).

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Dedicee of map:

Hon & Rt Reverend Richard, Lord Bishop of Durham, Honble & Worshipful Dean & Chapter, Rt Honble Lord Bernard & George Bowes, Esq, Henry Lambton & Jno. Tempest, Esq., M.P.s for county & city, & Worshipful Mayor, Recorder & Aldermen.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Common Wash Field.

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560