Northamptonshire-Kettering-1721
CBTM:
19685
Map Date:
? 1721
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.32.9.a
Historic county:
Northamptonshire
Town name:
Kettering
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP868783
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 8387
Map title:
'A plan of the town of Kettering in Northamptonshire. T. Eayre delin.'
Comments on map:
Neat, clean-cut, sophisticated map: very definitely not provincial in its engraving.
Scale:
1:4500
Map-maker:
T. Eayre [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.3 x 21.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial): With spire (correct).
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top. 32.9.a, Northamptonshire RO Map 1161.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering: ['T. Eayres founding house &c'].
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Open spaces enlivened by sheep, milkmaid, man fishing, man with dog, man with horse, grazing cattle.
Ordnance Survey's
1884
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
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