Lincolnshire-Bolingbroke-1719 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18591

Map Date:

1719

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPC 1/118

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Bolingbroke

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TF349651

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TF 3461

Map title:

'A mapp and description of the Mannor of Bullingbrook...'

Comments on map:

Whatever it was made for, a distinguished and colourful map.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

Jared Hill, Canterbury, Kent [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

89.8 x 71.1

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, decorative

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, noticeably generalised: Pictorial.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): With tower.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: In a suspiciously perfectly circular moat; pictorial in a Teutonic sort of way.

Markets and exchanges:

(pictorial): Buildings in 'market place' might be market-house.

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MPC 1/118, MPC 1/119.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Borders:

decorative

Arms and heraldry:

uncertain: Three arrows pointing downwards on a red ground: possibly Sir John Hales, who was the lessee.

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1887

1:2500

1:10,560