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Lancashire-Ormskirk-1609

CBTM:
23504
Map Date:
? 1609
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/4
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Ormskirk
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD413084
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 4905
Comments on map:
As much birds-eye-view as map, though has a scale. No back-fence detail.
Scale:
1:1200
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
88.0 x 99.0 [maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use, decorative
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Double steeples clearly apparent.
Markets and exchanges:
cross, markets, (pictorial)
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/4.
Miscellaneous:
Clearly shows streams running along streets.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Strapwork: round some explanatory notes. Faces at top and bottom.
Symbolic elements:
Faces: at top and bottom of cartouche.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Dividers above scale.
Map material:
parchment
Ordnance Survey's
1848-9
1:1056
1:10,560
1891
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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