Northumberland-Berwick upon Tweed-1747 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18635

Map Date:

1747

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPH 1/228

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

Map title:

'Plan of Berwick upon Tweed.'

Comments on map:

Copied by Chaplin 19 May 1808: original noted as accompanying Mr Director Armstrong's report from Berwick, 29 June 1747.

Scale:

1:3216

Map-maker:

Chas Chaplin [copied].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.7 x 49.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, water, other: Military information.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Including site of houses blown up by rebels in 1715, buildings to be pulled down and the ground cleared.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MPH 1/228 (WO 78/1172).

Industry:

lime/cement

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, springs, foreshore material specified

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

slopes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1851

1:528

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560