Norfolk-Norwich-1723 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20579

Map Date:

? 1723

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.31.34.a

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 plan of the city of Norwich.'

Comments on map:

Raymond Frostick's no.23. Inset, bottom right, on 'The north east prospect of the city on Norwich' [Frostick's no.22]. Oriented with south-south-west at the top (cf prospect). Letters on the map and on the prospect refer to a legend at the bottom of the latter.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Thomas Kirkpatrick [dr], E. Kirkall [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.7 x 17.8 [map: 147 x 59 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: Named gates and towers.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Frostick's no.23: BLML K.Top.31.34.a [? roll], BOL Gough Maps Norfolk 8, Norfolk RO City Records 21.f.14 (no.108); BOL C17:70 Norwich b.1 [1975: c.1:11,000, in Historic towns: Norwich, Historic Towns Trust & Scholar Press];

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Monastic sites and demolished churches.

Ferries:

ferry

Dedicee of map:

[Prospect:] Viscount Tonshend of Rainham.

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560