Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21375

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Gloucester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO831186

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8318

Map title:

'Glocester. Glovernia. Claudiocestria.'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 250. Marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:13,500*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.7 x 10.8

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

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

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

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

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560