Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1650
CBTM:
22820
Map Date:
? 1650
Repository reference:
BL Add. MS. 11564 ('3' [recte fols 6-7])
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Cardiff
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST184764
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 1875
Map title:
'Plan de Cardife'.
Comments on map:
Evidently derived from Speed. In a volume, untitled, of 116 manuscript 'town plans' of Europe, in which the main interest seems to be in the fortifications and buildings outside the walls, rather than in building-up within the walls. Text is in French. Scale measured as 1 inch to 40 'pas' (1:2400 if a 60-inch pace is used).
Scale:
1:2400
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
62.0 x 45.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use, decorative
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): [Gates named].
Known copies of map:
BL Add MS 11564 [original]; Cardiff Library [3 photos], Glamorgan RO D/D Xgc 37/1, 2 [photos].
Gardens:
shown: [Orchard-like].
Antiquities:
Blackfriers.
Relief:
'molehills'
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Unnamed pictorial building with dome, east of castle; St John's cross on building in middle of main street (? market).
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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