Lincolnshire-Lincoln-1725 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18232

Map Date:

1725

Repository reference:

[Private collection]

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Lincoln

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK978718

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 9769

Map title:

'The Inchnography of the City of Lincoln', being inset on 'The South View of the Antient City of Lincoln...'

Comments on map:

Recorded from reduced photo of Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, copy, in Ralph Hyde, A Prospect of Britain, London: Pavilion Books, 1994, 17): scale and dimensions compensated. Inset on SE prospect of Lincoln. Mapmaker not stated: on p.16 Ralph Hyde implies that employing a cartographer was not worth the bother, and so this Lincoln view remains unique amongst the Bucks' output in being equipped with a map. The map itself is not much more than an aid to locating the 50 buildings listed in the Reference, though the four postmills are concealed from view by the cathedral.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

S. Buck [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

36.0 x 13.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

In Ralph Hyde, A Prospect of Britain (London, Pavilion Books, 1994, 17).

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560