Norfolk-Wymondham-1810 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22558

Map Date:

? 1810

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO MS 4558

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Wymondham

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG110015

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 0700

Map title:

'Plan of Wymondham town and lands adjacent'.

Comments on map:

Dated 1810 in Norfolk RO list: seems very similar to the enclosure map [Exeter 18048]. Only text is street names; everything else is numbered; reference at MS 4411 T142B. Title is for town, at 1:2376; rest of parish is at 1:9504.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

R. Chasteney, Norwich [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.0 x 56.5 [x 5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Markets and exchanges:

fairgrounds, markets: ['Fairstead'].

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO MS 4558 (reference at MS 4411, T142B).

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Map material:

parchment

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1881

1:2500

1:10,560