Newcastle upon Tyne-1742 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19706

Map Date:

1742

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4560(7)

Town name:

Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ250640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2664

Map title:

'New Castle upon Tine by Sr. Martin Beckman. Copied in 1742.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photographic plate received BM [yellow] 14 Oct 1933. Map has Board of Ordnance stamp, and is clearly of their provenance, but it corresponds to nothing in the TNA [PRO] Maps and Plans catalogue of 1967. Assumed to be reduced to about 15 per cent of the original scale, on basis of size of lettering. A 'neutral' map, rather than one obviously prepared to illustrate a particular defence scheme.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

Sr. Martin Beckman [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

67 x 80

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, general highlighting of district: Land-tinting apparent.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Usual Ordnance style.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4560(7) [1933 photo-reduction]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.425467] [?].

Relief:

'molehills'

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