Norfolk-Kings Lynn-1588 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22531

Map Date:

? 1588

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO B.L.71 (VId)

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Castle Rising, Kings Lynn

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TF617198

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TF 6523

Comments on map:

Of Rising Chase: apparently 19th century transcript, copied by Alan Henry Swatman, n.d.: better on the colour than the calligraphy. Scale assumed to be in furlongs and poles, but it must be variable, with the rural areas on a smaller scale.

Scale:

1:15,840

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.3 x 62.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, decorative, other: Rising Chase.

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): Green roofs.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Conventional, e.g. Bawsey shown with west tower [wrong: it has a central tower].

Defence and military:

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

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO B.L.71 (VId) [copied by Alan Henry Swatman, n.d.].

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

(pictorial)

Borders:

decorative

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial)

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in sea. Dividers above scale.

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:2500

1:10,560

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560