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Norfolk-Kings Lynn-1809

CBTM:
22549
Map Date:
1809
Repository reference:
Norfolk RO B.L. 5/4
Historic county:
Norfolk
Town name:
Kings Lynn
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TF617198
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TF 6523
Map title:
'Map of the borough of King's Lynn in the county of Norfolk with the estate of the Mayor and Burgesses... by William Newham Surveyor 1809.'
Comments on map:
Built-up area shown as undifferentiated grey blocks: included on grounds of scale only. Summary reference to acreages in Borough, South Lynn and Gaywood.
Scale:
1:7128
Map-maker:
William Newham, Surveyor [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
62.2 x 46.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Staiths.
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Public buildings:
customs
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Norfolk RO B.L. 5/4; Kings Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C48/13.
Industry:
ship yards, timber
Antiquities:
Friars' sites.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Waterbodies:
shown
Stated measuerments:
other: Acreages of Corporation land.
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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