Newcastle upon Tyne-1590 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19956

Map Date:

? 1590

Repository reference:

BL Cotton Aug.II, f.2; Newcastle Central Library, Local Studies, L.912.2 N536 (Newcastle Map Portfolio, unnumbered)

Town name:

Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ250640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2664

Map title:

'Newcastell.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from lithographed 'facsimile' by J. Netherclift. A view-map rather than a map proper; scale is notional. Only text is 'Castell Hill' and 'Tyne Flumen'.

Scale:

1:3000*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56 x 29

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial: No real street-plan.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): Post-mill.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BL Cotton Aug.II, f.2 [original]; Newcastle Library Newcastle Map Portfolio L912.2 N536 [J. Netherclift (lith)].

Relief:

(pictorial)

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Pictorial bridge across river.

Ordnance Survey's

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560