Norfolk-Great Yarmouth-1668 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20756

Map Date:

? 1668

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 187.l.2 (14)

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Great Yarmouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG 523080

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 5207

Map title:

'A discription of ye Towne of Great Yaremouth in the County of Norfolke, with a survey of Little Yaremouth (incoprporat with great Yaremouth) in the County of Suffolk, as it hath been lately staked out in order to the rebuilding, in pursuance of an Act of Parliament, and Letters Pattnt: from his Matie. To which place is granted all ye priuiledges of the Towne of great Yaremouth.'

Comments on map:

The BLML 1967 catalogue attributes publication to 'Sa. Speed' and dates it 1668. The map appears to have been adapted later (see the darker engraving) for the Dutch market: 'Voet Schale' has been added above scale, and item O in the reference to public buildings is 'de Voor gevel van een huys die gedacht Worden voor Cleyn Jarmuyen'. Careful attention is paid to plot and road widths in the staked-out area.

Scale:

1:4800

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.0 x 30.0 [slightly cropped on right].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, some or all buildings omitted.: The 'X' element is indicated by the annotations 'old Houses which were irregular to ye designe of building pluck downe and rebuilding' and 'Houses new building'.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Also 'The Antient Church Yard in which place the New Church or Chapell is to be Built'.

Defence and military:

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

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 187.L.2(14).

Industry:

salt

Gardens:

shown: [One only: 'Auburns Gardens'].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Round town arms.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: 'The Front of House designed for Little Yaremouth': five bays, two and a half stories, hipped roof: this is what letter O in the reference refers to.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial boats and shipping in river and sea.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Stated measuerments:

other: Road and quay widths, and plot dimensions in staked-out area: indicated with minimal lettering and figuring.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560