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Gloucestershire-Bristol-1661

CBTM:
21386
Map Date:
[1661]
Repository reference:
BL 796.a.5
Historic county:
Gloucestershire
Town name:
Bristol
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST585730
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 5773
Map title:
'Bristolia. Bristow.'
Comments on map:
In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 346. Marked lack of text.
Scale:
1:12,000*
Map-maker:
[R. Hermannidae [author].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
12.5 x 11.0
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24 [originals]; Bristol Library B.23559 [facsimiles].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Animals in fields to south. Pictorial shipping in river. Circles with dots in by riverside: something industrial?
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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