Norfolk-Norwich-1766
CBTM:
20582
Map Date:
1766
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.31.32
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:
Raymond Frostick's no. 36.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
[Samuel King [sv],] Saml King Senr, nr Charing Cross, Norwich & Saml King Junr, Corner of Grange Court, Clements Lane, Clare Market, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
73.0 x 96.0 [on two plates].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Ribbony; most public &c buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial), -, o, n, e, Q, u, a, k, e, R, s, principal Anglican/established only, e, e, t, i, n, g, i, s, s, h, o, W, n, i, n, P, l, a, n, .
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): Towers and gates named.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Frostick's no. 36. BLML K.Top.31.32 [roll], BOL Gough maps Norfolk 24, 25, CUL Maps aa.77.76.1, RGS Eng & Wales S.15, Norwich Library 3.98 (3 copies);
Industry:
food/drink, lime/cement: [Vinegar Yard].
Gardens:
shown: ['Gardens and Meadows'].
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Antiquities:
Priory.
Landowners and occupiers:
misc: A few owners of gardens and yards.
Road transport:
coach office: White Swan Inn annotated 'The Post Coach to London in one Day.'
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Guildhall; bottom right: New Chapel [Frostrick says presbyterian, later unitarian], Assembly House, Theatre, Castle, Cathedral.
Relief:
shown partially: For castle.
Symbolic elements:
Civic regalia: above title.
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal: [Including Dean: city has supporters].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Mayor, Steward, etc and Common Council.
Ordnance Survey's
1880-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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