Lincolnshire-Grimsby-1779 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18599

Map Date:

20.1.1779

Repository reference:

RGS 1.C.88

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Grimsby

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA266091

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 2607

Map title:

'A plan of Grimsby.'

Comments on map:

Inset on 'Map of Lincoln-Shire, comprehending Lindsey, Kesteven & Holland, surveyed in the years 1776, 7, & 8, by Capt. Andrew Armstrong. Engraved by Stephen Pyle. MD CCLXXVIII.' Main map is dedicated to the Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. Dignified with a scale, but is really pretty diagramatic. The map of c.1600 [Exeter 18591] is far more plausible-looking.

Scale:

1:4752*

Map-maker:

Andrew Armstrong [sv], Stephen Pyle, Angel Court, Snow Hill [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.5 x 16.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): With west tower: quite wrong, as the tower is central.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML K.19.19.Tab.End, Maps 3355(16), BOL c17.a.6, Gough Maps 80, CUL Atlas 2.76.6; NLS EME.b.3.50; RGS 1.C.88 [originals]; Grimsby Library SM 5A [photocopy].

River and foreshore features:

sluices, springs: [Blow Wells; Wesh Sluice].

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560