Norfolk-Norwich-1807 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18410

Map Date:

1.11.1807

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Norwich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG233097

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 2208

Map title:

'Norwich'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England & Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810. No.48 in Raymond Frostick, The printed plans of Norwich (2002), where he indicates (p.65) that this derives from Hochstetter, 1789 [Frostick's no.43; Exeter 20584]. Unusually for this series of maps, there is no mention of the director of the work.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

G. Cole [dr], J. Roper [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.8 x 23.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, misc.: Cow Tower.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

No.48 in Raymond Frostick, The printed plans of Norwich (2002): BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17.c.5, Montagu Illustr. 41, Norwich Library Box XI, Norwich Castle Museum, TNA [PRO] T72/13, RGS 7.E.7 [1807/10]; Norwich Library Box XI [1819]; BOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992]; BOL G24.C17.23 [1994: Bracken Books].

Industry:

metallurgical processing, misc: Snuff Mill.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: St Ethelberts Gate.

Relief:

slopes shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560