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Hertfordshire-St Albans-1700

CBTM:
22413
Map Date:
[1700]
Repository reference:
BL 189.f.12
Historic county:
Hertfordshire
Town name:
St Albans
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL144071
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 1506
Map title:
'St Albans.'
Comments on map:
F.p.428 in Sir Henry Chauncy, The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire, London: Griffin, etc 1700. Quite different from the Hitchin map [Exeter 22412].
Scale:
1:5544
Map-maker:
Iohn Oliver [? author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
37.0 x 29.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
watermills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
misc.: Ton-man Ditch.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL L.50/8, 1783.c.2, 189.f.12, 672.l.11, G.3914, BOL Gough Hertford 14, Gough Hertford 19, Gough Maps Herts 10, CUL R.1.34.
Gardens:
shown
Miscellaneous:
'Pa: 428', bottom right.
Antiquities:
'Parte of the Ancient City Verolam', demolished churches, abbey ruins.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Around dedication.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Above title].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Dedicee of map:
Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen.
Ordnance Survey's
1877-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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