Northumberland-Berwick upon Tweed-1575 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19710

Map Date:

? 1575

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 186.h.1(25)

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Berwick upon Tweed

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT997530

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 9953

Comments on map:

'Rotograph' copy by Office of Works, 1938, from original at Hatfield House. To show defences rather than the town. The copy is at 84 per cent of original size, so scale and dimensions have been compensated.

Scale:

1:1920

Map-maker:

? Rowland Johnson [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

77.5 x 57.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: No text.

Known copies of map:

HatHouse, Cecil Papers [original]; BLML Maps 186.h.1(25) [photo].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Semi-pictorial bridge.

Ordnance Survey's

1851

1:528

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560