Norfolk-Norwich-1746 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20581

Map Date:

29.9.1746

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.31.31

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. 33. To accompany Francis Blomefield, An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk, II (1745): Blomefield is 'delin & excud'. Frostick says that it was engraved by George Vertue, and though based on Cleer [Frostick's nos 16 & 17, Exeter 20573-4] and Corbridge [Frostick's no.26, Exeter 20580] it includes new details. Brief description of city, top right, balances dedication, top left.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

Francis Blomefield [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

81.0 x 67.5 [overall: map 46 x 56 maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ribbony; public &c buildings pictorial.

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): Named gates and towers; castle quite detailed, with pump in grounds.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Leper Houses.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

cross, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish: [Apparently: very incomplete].

Known copies of map:

Frostick's no. 33. BLML K.Top.31.31, BL G.3786-90, BOL Gough Norfolk 18, Gough Norfolk 19, BOL Gough Norfolk 8, Norwich Castle Museum [1746]; BOL Gough Norfolk 11 [1778];

Industry:

textiles: [Bleach ground].

River and foreshore features:

misc: Note on navigability of river.

Gardens:

shown

Miscellaneous:

Swan-marks: pictorial.

Antiquities:

Monastic sites; a pictorial cross in Tombland, demolished; Lollards Pit.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Round dedication and descriptive note; title on banner.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Numerous seals, coins, etc, surround map, with civic regalia above scale.

Relief:

'molehills'

Borders:

decorative

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal: [Including Dean of Norwich: see and city with supporters].

Ferries:

ferry

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Lime Kiln.

Garden and park buildings:

misc: Dovehouse.

Dedicee of map:

Thomas Gooch, bishop of Norwich.

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560