Durham-Sunderland-1737 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19981

Map Date:

1737

Repository reference:

Sunderland Library, local studies

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Sunderland

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ406572

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 3458

Map title:

'A plan of the mouth of the River Wear, harbour, town of Sunderland & towns adjacent. 1737'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from photographic version.

Scale:

1:7200

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.2 x 38.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): [Postmill pictograms].

Water transport infrastructure:

navigation aids, quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.bb.17.G.136, Newcastle Central Library L.912.1 S958 [acc. Cr.448956], Northumberland RO ZMI B62/1, Sunderland Library; CUL Maps.bb.60.95.1 [photo].

Industry:

rope walk: Pictorial.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Gardens:

shown

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [Seem to be larger owners].

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Top centre is crown, with below fouled anchor in oval; to left is Roman-warrior-like figure, to right ?Brittannia, both with flags behind; two mermaids spouting water from horns below.

Commons:

shown

Symbolic elements:

Crown, fouled anchor, warrior, Brittannia, flags, mermaids: in title.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Two pictorial ships in sea.

Ferries:

ferry

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

ballast hills

Stated measuerments:

soundings: In feet.

Ordnance Survey's

1855-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560