Durham-Hartlepool-1585 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19707

Map Date:

? 1585

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 186.h.1(4)

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Hartlepool

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ527337

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 4935

Comments on map:

'Rotograph' copy by Office of Works, 1938, of original at Hatfield House. As much a birds eye view as a map, so scale is rather arbitary. The copy is at 70 per cent of original size, so scale and dimensions have been compensated. [In the introduction to the Roxburege Club reproduction (1971), it is dated mid 16th century.]

Scale:

1:2400*

Map-maker:

Robert Dromeslawer [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

81.0 x 61.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Known copies of map:

Hatfield House [original]; BLML Maps 186.h.1(4) [photo]; BL L.R.413.g.13, BOL Roxburghe Club 220 [1971: Roxburghe Club].

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial well, shipping and buildings.

Ordnance Survey's

1857

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560