Isle of Wight-Newport-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21387

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Isle of Wight

Town name:

Newport

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ491891

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SZ 4989

Map title:

'Newport.'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 400. Marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:12,672*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.5 x 10.8

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

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

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Relief:

'molehills'

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Animals to west of town. A heavily-engraved tree, bottom left, is an addition to Speed.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1862

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560