Newcastle upon Tyne-1661
CBTM:
21365
Map Date:
[1661]
Repository reference:
BL 796.a.5
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:
'Newe Castle. Novum Castrum.'
Comments on map:
In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 138. Marked lack of text.
Scale:
1:12,000*
Map-maker:
[R. Hermannidae [author].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
13.0 x 11.0
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised: One particularly large building shown pictorially, but not described.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Known copies of map:
BL 796.a.5, CUL Syn.8.66.24, Newcastle Library L912.2 N536, Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/1.
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Relief:
'molehills'
Crosses:
cross, (pictorial)
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Animals in fields to west of town; boats and shipping in river.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
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
You can download the pdf version of this map
here