Norfolk-Norwich-1541 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20196

Map Date:

? 1541

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPI 1/221

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Norwich

Map type:

Sociological

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG233087

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 2208

Comments on map:

Dating from TNA [PRO] catalogue. Scale indicative only. Rather faded in parts, so not very legible.

Scale:

1:1200*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

95.5 x 71.5, 93.5 x 64.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water: Multi-colour buildings.

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Penal:

pillory

Defence and military:

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

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MPI 1/221 [original]; BLML 10352.m.10, BOL G.A. Norfolk b6CUL Lib.2.89.39, S696.a.88.51 [in John Kirkpatrick, Streets & lanes of the city of N, 1889: also has Cunningham, 1559], Norwich Library Box XII.

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560