Northumberland-Berwick upon Tweed-1757
CBTM:
22415
Map Date:
[1757]
Repository reference:
BL 196.d.4
Historic county:
Northumberland
Town name:
Berwick upon Tweed
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT997530
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 9953
Map title:
'Barwic.'
Comments on map:
On p.142 of M. Bellin, Essai geographique sur les isles Britaniques..., Paris: Didot, 1757. Bellin was 'Ingenieur de la Marine et du Depot des Plans'. Scale of [1 inch to] 80 toises, about 1:17,280.
Scale:
1:17,280
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
9.7 x 9.8 [map maximum: plate 10.5 x 10.2].
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Markets and exchanges:
cross
Known copies of map:
BL 196.d.4, BOL Gough Gen Top 200 [1757: in Essai]; BL G.15856-7 [1759: in Recueil des villes portes d'Angleterre]; BOL Gough Maps 105 [1766: in Recueil...].
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Rococco: combined with border.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative: Elaborate in relation to map.
Ordnance Survey's
1851
1:528
1856
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
1875-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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