Lancashire-Lancaster-1690 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21361

Map Date:

? 1690

Repository reference:

BL 577.f.2

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Lancaster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD476618

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 4662

Map title:

'Lancastria. Lancaster.'

Comments on map:

In [J.C. Beer], Das Neu-geharnischte Gross-Britannien, Nurnberg, 1690, f.p. 42. As usual with Beer, there is a lack of text. [Attribution to Beer and dating to 1690 [rather than to Matthias Merian and dating to 1650] of this group of maps are via D. Smith, 'The enduring image of early British townscapes', Cartographic Journal 28 (1991), 163-175 (esp. p. 169).]

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

[? Johnann Christoph Beer [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.2 x 16.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

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

Known copies of map:

BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.III, Part II; BL 577.f.2, CUL F169.c.1.1 [1690: J.C.Beer, Das neu-geharnischte Gross-Britannien, fp.42].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Crossed branches-banners in usual Beer style.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

At bottom of map: man on horseback, men with flag and guns: unclear if in fact part of the 'map'.

Relief:

'molehills'

Crosses:

multiple crosses, (pictorial)

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Figure on horseback approaching town from south-west; behind is an armed column; south of town is shepherd with sheep.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1845

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560