Norfolk-Norwich-1783 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20583

Map Date:

15.3.1783

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 187.L.2(8)

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:

'Plan of the city of Norwich.'

Comments on map:

Raymond Frostick's no. 43. For The Norwich directory, Norwich: W. Chase, 1783: 'For the Norwich Directory' above map.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Map-maker:

T. Smith, White Lion Lane [eng], Chase & Co. [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.0 x 24.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Ribbony.

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Most parish churches indicated by letter, rather than by a building.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: Gates and Cow Tower named.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Frostick's no. 43. BLML Maps 187.L.2(8), BL C.104.dd.20, BOL MS.Top.Norfolk d.3 [Frostick says G.A. Norf 80 220 (1)]; BOL M92GO1391 [1991: in facsimile of directory, pub W. Chase & Co./Michael Winton];

Gardens:

shown: ['Rural Gardens', outside the walls].

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Friery.

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560