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Norfolk-Norwich-1766

CBTM:
22650
Map Date:
1766
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.aa.77.76.1
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 plan of the City of Norwich.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from copy in two sheets. 'Subsrib'd for in the mayoralty of Jas. Poole esq: 1766' at bottom of dedication. Notes on latitude and longitude and markets, towards bottom centre.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Samuel King, Land Surveyor [sv], Saml King Senr, near Charing Cross Norwich, and Saml King Junr, Corner of Grange Court in Clements Lane, Clare Market, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
74.3 x 49.7, 74.3 x 46.8
Number of parts:
2
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Mostly as ribbon blocks.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: River Wensum noted as navigable for keels of 50 or 60 tons: is 32 miles to Yarmouth.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works, misc: Named well; ['Water House'].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial): A few in plan, including Methodist Tabernacle.
Public buildings:
internal revenue
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, misc., (pictorial): Cows Tower; pictorial pump in castle grounds.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets, misc: Old Horse Fair.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
This seems to be Raymond Frostick's no.37 [but is there confsion?]: BL 290.c.34 [catalogue refuses to acknowledge], BOL Gough Maps Norfolk 24, CUL Maps.aa.77.76.1, Norwich Castle Museum.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, lime/cement
River and foreshore features:
springs
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Monasstic sites.
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Road transport:
coach office: 'The Post Coach to London in one Day. White Swan Inn.'
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Guildhall; bottom: south-east prospect of Castle; on right: new chapel in St George's, Assembly House, Theatre, south-west prospect of Cathedral.
Relief:
shown partially: [Castle Mound].
Symbolic elements:
Municipal regalia: above dedication.
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal: [Including Dean of Norwich; city arms with supporters].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Members of Parliament, Mayor, Recorder, Steward, Sheriffs, Aldermen and Common Councillors.
Ordnance Survey's
1880-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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