Norfolk-East Dereham-1757 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22540

Map Date:

? 1757

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO 2 BCH

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

East Dereham

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TF989132

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 0113

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy. Extracted from a larger map. Framed note, now bottom right: 'As Mr Brown's dwelling House & the George Inn are in the town of East Dereham it was thought necessary to show the principal streets thereof'. Norfolk RO list dates c.1757 and says may be by Henry Keymer.

Scale:

1:2376*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38 x 37 [maximum: irregular].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, decorative: Possibly others.

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial: What are presumably Mr Brown's house and the inn are drawn much larger and more realistically than the others.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO 2 BCH [photo].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Commons:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1880-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560