Newcastle upon Tyne-1772
CBTM:
19988
Map Date:
16.3.1772
Repository reference:
Berwick upon Tweed RO, NRO 740/P44
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:
'A plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, taken from an accrate survey, finished in the year 1770, by Charles Hutton, Mathematician.'
Comments on map:
Long descriptive essay, top right, dated 10 January 1772. Dedication is dated 13 January 1772.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Charles Hutton, Mathematician, [sv, pb], J. Ellis, London [eng].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
93.8 x 66.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: High and Low Crane on quay, Coal Staith.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits: [Conduit Head].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: Towers indicated and named.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Trinity House.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, Parish, boundary markers: [County of Newcastle, with numbered stones].
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.32.54, BOL Gough Maps Northumberland 20, C17 a.8, Berwick RO 740/P44, Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.94555], L912.1 G259. L.942.82 N536, RGS Eng & Wales S.18 [1772]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [6'' reduction for Lambert's Guide to Newcastle and north of England]; Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc.961441A], L912.1 G259 [reissue with notes].
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Gardens:
shown: [This seems to cover parks and orchards as well].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Restrained rococco.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom centre: south-west view of ruins of Newcastle bridge, taken 10 Feb 1772.
Relief:
prominent hills
Commons:
shown
Borders:
decorative: Rococco corners: more emphatic that the cartouche.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping and boats in river.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Rt Worshipful Sir Walter Blackett, Bart, Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Sheriff & Common Council of Newcastle.
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
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