Leicestershire-Leicester-1661
CBTM:
21371
Map Date:
[1661]
Repository reference:
BL 796.a.5
Historic county:
Leicestershire
Town name:
Leicester
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK584044
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 5904
Map title:
'Leicestria. Leicester.'
Comments on map:
In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 200. Marked lack of text: river named.
Scale:
1:15,840*
Map-maker:
[R. Hermannidae [author].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
12.8 x 11.0
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)
Markets and exchanges:
misc: Pictorial market (?).
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24, NLS A.43.f.19.
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Crosses:
cross, (pictorial)
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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