Durham-Wolsingham-1767 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

16294

Map Date:

? 1767

Repository reference:

Durham University Library (Manuscripts) Halmote Court original awards [no. 19]

Historic county:

Durham

Town name:

Wolsingham

Map type:

Enclosure

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NZ078367

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 0237

Comments on map:

Covers former common parts of Wolsingham parish only.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

John Greenwood [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

211 x 198

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, other: Land status colouring.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Known copies of map:

Durham University Library (Manuscripts) Halmote Court original awards [no. 19], Halmote Court, copy plans, (a), no.15.

Landowners and occupiers:

enclosure allottees

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Symbolic elements:

Hand holds scale bar aloft; small male figure with breasts on top of main cartouche; globe direction pointer.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Pictorial bridge at Wolsingham.

Walls, embankments, etc:

Old Salter Wall.

Ordnance Survey's

1858

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560