Norfolk-Norwich-1720 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20578

Map Date:

? 1720

Repository reference:

BL 291.e.15

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Norwich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG233087

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 2208

Map title:

'A new map of the city of Norwich.'

Comments on map:

Raymond Frostick, The printed plans of Norwich, Norwich: author, 2002 [no.21], says that it derives from Cleer's smaller plan [Frostick's no.17: Exeter 20574], and, having been at first sold independently, was subsequently used in A compleat history of the famous city of Norwich, Norwich: William Chase, 1728.

Scale:

1:10,368

Map-maker:

John Hoyle [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.7 x 21.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ribbony.

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates, (pictorial): Only non-Anglican is French Church.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): Named gates; pictorial tower by river.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

cross, markets

Known copies of map:

Frostick's no.21. BL K.291.e.15, BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.II, Part II, BOL Gough Norfolk 8, CUL maps.bb.77.72.1, Norwich Library Box XI [2 versions], Norfolk RO Rye MS 9 (Vol.1) [1728]; Norwich Library Box XI [1822];

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Round town arms.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560