Essex-Colchester-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21379

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Colchester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL995252

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 9925

Map title:

'Colchestria. Colchester.'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 278. Marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.8 x 10.7

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

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

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24.

Gardens:

shown

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial)

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1875

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560