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Norfolk-Great Yarmouth-1885

CBTM:
22348
Map Date:
? 1885
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.c.77.87.1
Historic county:
Norfolk
Town name:
Great Yarmouth
Map type:
Miscellaneous
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TG523080
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TG 5207
Map title:
'A ground plan of the ancient part of the borough of Great Yarmouth showing the sites of its gates, towers, walls, monastic buildings, (approximate,) and other mediaeval structures...'
Comments on map:
The only 'modern' detail is streets. Dated 1870 in CUL cards, but refers to NW tower being rebuilt in 1882. No printer given.
Scale:
1:2640*
Map-maker:
F. Danby Palmer, Honorary Secretary to the Great Yarmouth Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
66.3 x 32.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Only historical sites infilled.
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
cross: [Market Cross].
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.77.87.1 ['1870'], Norwich Library 3.50 (3 copies) ['1860'].
Antiquities:
Dates of demolitions and of buildings given; Civil War fortifibations.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Above title].
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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