Herefordshire-Hereford-1650 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22837

Map Date:

? 1650

Repository reference:

BL Add. MS. 11564 ('20' [recte fols 40-41])

Historic county:

Herefordshire

Town name:

Hereford

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO510400

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 5140

Map title:

'Plan de Hereford.'

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 is 1 inch to 62 'Pas': scale is of '100 Pas et 50 Thoises'. Scale measured as 1 inch to 62 'Pas' (1:3720 if a 60-inch pace is used).

Scale:

1:3720

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.2 x 40.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use, decorative

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): [Gates named].

Known copies of map:

BL Add. MS. 11564.

Antiquities:

Monastic sites.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

'Puis': pictorial: just NE of castle.

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560