Norfolk-Great Yarmouth-1800 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22567

Map Date:

? 1800

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO CHC 5142 A, TNA [PRO] T.72/14

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Great Yarmouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG523080

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 5207

Map title:

'Ground plan of Great Yarmouth.'

Comments on map:

High-quality work, dated c.1790-1810 in Norfolk RO lists: paper watermarked J. Whatman, but date is cropped. Full-plate copy: no attribution information.

Scale:

1:2376

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

69.5 x 37.7 [map: plate 72.2 x 40.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly: A few rows named.

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised: Some names illegible against cross-hatching.

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, misc: Ware House, Crane.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

magazines/arsenals, misc.: Guard Yard.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

cross, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO CHC 5142 A, TNA [PRO] T.72/14.

Industry:

lime/cement, rope walk, warehousing, timber, misc: [Store Houses], Coal Yard.

Antiquities:

Town wall and gates, named towers, Priory, ruined church.

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: St Nicholas Church, from north-west; bottom right: environs map.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Top left].

Ferries:

ferry

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560