Hertfordshire-St Albans-1721 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18478

Map Date:

1721

Repository reference:

[University of Exeter collection]

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:

Long note on altar-&-columns cartouche, including mapmaker, and opening 'Ne Cineres etiam Verolanii penitus...'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from Valerie G. Scott and Tony Rook, Hertfordshire, London: Quiller, 1989. The main attraction is Verulamium, and all the text is in Latin. Oriented south, which seems perverse. Scale measured as 1.4 inches to 1500 feet, 1:12,857, so 1:12,672 adopted.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

Wm Stukeley [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.2 x 11.7

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2905(1), K.Top.15.47, BOL Gough Maps 11 Fol 20B, Fol 22, Gough Gen.Top. 55, Gough Gen.Top. 56, D 2.9 Art, CUL Maps.BB.65.72.1; BOL D 3.9 Art [1776]; BOL G.A.Herts 8o 248 [1970: in The Roman City of Verulamium: official guide, pb St Albans City Cl]; BOL G.A.Herts 8o 318 [1978: in I. Anthony, The Roman City of Verulamium: official guide, pb St Albans District Cl]; RGS Eng & Wales S/S 240 ['1791', 'MS']; [1984: in Valerie G. Scott and Tony Rook, Hertfordshire, London: Quiller, 1984].

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Monastic remains: archaeological 'find' sites and Roman remains, etc, in 'Verolanivm Antiqvum' in detail. Building dates of churches, based (presumably) on Stukeley's mis-chronology.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Coins and section of wall.

Symbolic elements:

Title-explanation on altar, with broken columns leaning against it.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical: [St Albans Abbey: with crook and mitre].

Ordnance Survey's

1877-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560