Essex-Castle Hedingham-1592 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19865

Map Date:

? 1592

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 188.J.2 (10A)

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Castle Hedingham

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL785355

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 7730

Comments on map:

Recorded from British Museum photograph: provenance uncertain. BLML 1967 catalogue dates it 1592 by ? John Walker; Essex RO catalogue says Israel Amys, and says may postdate restoration of estate to Earl of Oxford in 1609.

Scale:

1:4752

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

39.0 x 26.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised: Buildings all pictorial, apparently multi-coloured.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Known copies of map:

Essex RO D/DMh/P1 [original], BLML Maps 188.j.2(10a) [photo].

Landowners and occupiers:

holdings/occupiers: [Tenants of some fields].

Ordnance Survey's

1876

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560