Montgomeryshire-Montgomery-1690 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22657

Map Date:

? 1690

Repository reference:

BLML C.7.c.4

Historic county:

Montgomeryshire

Town name:

Montgomery

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO222966

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 1793

Map title:

'Montgomery.'

Comments on map:

Inset on 'Merioneth and Montgomery discribed by C.S. corrected and amended with many additions by P. Lea'; included in The shires of England and Wales described by Christopher Saxton being the best and original mapps with many additions and corrections, London: Philip Lea, n.d. A straightforward reduced-scale imitation of Speed. No scale.

Scale:

1:10,000*

Map-maker:

Philip Lea [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.5 x 8.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML C.7.c.4 [1690.c?]; LGC Map 5325 [1693.c]; CUL Atlas 3.73.2 [1732].

Gardens:

shown: [Orchard-like].

Leisure and entertainment:

misc: Maypole.

Antiquities:

'The Ruines of the old wal', 'Old gates'.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Banner.

Relief:

'molehills'

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Undescribable object [degraded well]: pictorial.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1882-4

1:2500

1:10,560