Norfolk-Heacham-1623 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22541

Map Date:

1623

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO L'Estrange OB2, OC2

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Heacham

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TF679376

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TF 7037

Map title:

'A description of the towne of Hecham... the possession of Sr Harmon le Strange.'

Comments on map:

Note below title says 'The plotte of Hecham' was made by Hayward in 1592 and 'exemplified' by Waterman in 1623. Very finely penned and written.

Scale:

1:3960*

Map-maker:

William Hayward, Gent. [sv], Thomas Waterman, Clerk [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

103 x 75, 90 x 80

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, land-use

Road names:

fragmentary

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO L'Estrange OB2, OC2.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Commons:

shown

Map material:

parchment

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:2500

1:10,560