Lincolnshire-Grimsby-1600
CBTM:
18590
Map Date:
? 1600
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MFB 1/14
Historic county:
Lincolnshire
Town name:
Grimsby
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TA266091
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TA 2607
Comments on map:
Evidently made for a lawsuit: authors from note bottom right. Left-hand side of map mostly missing (West Marsh and future Grange area), but town is intact. Clear sharp outlines: roads suspiciously straight.
Scale:
1:4320*
Map-maker:
William Thowye [?], Partney, Lincs, and Lynonyg Dunnsob[??], Empound [??] [authors].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63 x 108
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MPB 1/14 [original], Grimsby Library SM 1, 2, Lincolnshire Archives MCD 851/20 [photos].
Antiquities:
The ould churchyarde, The abbay (no tower), The nuns (tower).
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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