Essex-Colchester-1690 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21363

Map Date:

? 1690

Repository reference:

BL 577.f.2

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 [J.C. Beer], Das Neu-geharnischte Gross-Britannien, Nurnberg, 1690. As usual with Beer, there is a lack of text. [Attribution to Beer and dating to 1690 [rather than to Matthias Merian and dating to 1650] of this group of maps are via D. Smith, 'The enduring image of early British townscapes', Cartographic Journal 28 (1991), 163-175 (esp. p. 169).]

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

[? Johann Christoph Beer [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.0 x 16.0

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)

Known copies of map:

BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.III, part II; BL 577.f.2, CUL F169.c.1.1 [1690: J.C. Beer: in Gas neu-geharnischte Gross-Britannien].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Crossed branches-banners in usual Beer style.

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial)

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Miscellaneous religious group:

Abbey buildings shown, but not described.

Ordnance Survey's

1875

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560