Northamptonshire-Northampton-1747 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18634

Map Date:

1747

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.32.10.

Historic county:

Northamptonshire

Town name:

Northampton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP755604

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 7562

Map title:

[Damaged:] 'A plan of the town of Northampton survey'd in MDCCXLVI by Messrs. Noble & Butlin, & engraved by Thos. Jeffreys. Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales'.

Comments on map:

History and description of town below town arms, bottom left. The views to left and right are on separate plates, pasted on.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

Messrs. Noble & Butlin [sv], Thos. Jeffreys, Strand, London [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

102 x 60 [map area 56.2 x 59.0 maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

misc: Riding ground.

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.32.10, BOL C17.a.8, Gough Maps Northants. 6, Gough Maps Northamptonshire 7, CUL Maps.AA.78.74.1, Maps.c.78.74.1, Northamptonshire RO Map 2807 [1746: photo: date OK?], TNA [PRO] MPH 1/336 (WO 78/1404), Northamptonshire RO Map 4201 [1747]; CUL S437.b.92.5 [1925: in County Borough of Northampton: proposals for development and reconstruction]; CUL Maps.aa.78.01.9, RGS Eng & Wales S.375 [1971 Northampton Pub Lib reissue: 57 x 56 cm: with Speed inset].

Industry:

textiles

Gardens:

shown: [Similar to orchard].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

(1) 'An ancient plan of Northampton by Speed 1610', with hatched buildings, top right; (2) 'The south west prospect of Northampton from Huntsborough Hill.', with 24 numbered references, bottom right; (3) To left and right are large vignettes of the four parish churches, county hall, gaol, infirmary, town or guildhall, and cotton mill, noted as rebuilt in 1742.

Borders:

decorative

Symbolic elements:

Grotesque faces: in cartouche. One putti: holding town arms.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map, municipal, misc: G. Compton, esq., and G. Montague, esq.: above main title.

Dedicee of map:

James, Earl of Northampton.

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560