Lincolnshire-Boston-1742 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19346

Map Date:

10.4.1742

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Boston

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TF328441

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TF 3345

Map title:

'A plan of the borough & port of Boston, in the county of Lincoln, survey'd in the year 1741, by Robert Hall'.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Robert Hall [sv], M.H. Coms [?] [eng], Willm. Nicholls [pb], Thos Grounds, White Hart, Boston [sell].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.7 x 49.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): [Mix of post and tower mills].

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: 'The Pumps'.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: St Botolphs shown by its west front: map is orientated east, so it fits in very neatly.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets: [Fish, butter, &c].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.19.22, BOL Gough Maps Lincolnshire 8, Gough Maps 41D, Fol.15, CUL Maps.aa.17.G.94; Lincolnshire Archives F.L.Maps 24; CUL Atlas.5.97.97, TNA [PRO] Library, RGS 4.E.31 [a slightly reduced copy in Frank H. Molyneaux and Neil R. Wright, An atlas of Boston, Boston: Richard Kay, 1974, p.15].

Industry:

timber

River and foreshore features:

sluices: ['Gowt'].

Gardens:

shown

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents

Waterbodies:

misc: Horse Pond.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: market cross; bottom right: south view of the church.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial boats and shipping in river.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map, municipal, misc: Town seal, maces, etc.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds, sheep: [Sheep Pens].

Towers:

tower: [Old Tower: pictorial: Hussey Tower].

Dedicee of map:

Rev. Bernard Wilson, D.D. of West Keal, Lincs, Prebendary of Worcester.

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560