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Northumberland-Newcastle upon Tyne-1736

CBTM:
18637
Map Date:
1736
Repository reference:
Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/6, TNA [PRO] MPF 1/267
Historic county:
Northumberland
Town name:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ250640
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 2664
Map title:
'A plan of Newcastle upon Tyne'.
Comments on map:
'Engraved for the Revd. Henry Bourne.' For Bourne's History of Newcastle upon Tyne. The copy described here is ex-State Papers, omits Bourne's name and the date, and is endorsed 1745 on the back. Scale measured as about 1 inch to 170 feet (1:2040).
Scale:
1:2040
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.0 x 39.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial): [Post mills].
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits: [Conduit Head, 'Pantss or Fountains'].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Not notably realistic.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, (pictorial), misc.: Castle Garth: numerous towers around walls are named.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets: [Nine markets].
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BOL Gough Northumberland 1, BOL Gough Northumberland 4, TNA [PRO] MPF 1/267; Tyne & Wear Archives D/NCP/2/6; Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.230789, LRS 498128A, LRS 498129A] [1956 enlargement]; Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.449210A, LRS 449209A]; Newcastle Library L.912.2 N536 [acc. Cr 956180A, LRS 6597] [Four maps of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne city library: date?]; BOL G.A.Northumb.c.14 [1980: Frank Graham].
Industry:
rope walk: Pictorial, with two men at each end, and rope running over frames.
Gardens:
shown
Antiquities:
Monastic sites and remains.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Miscellaneous transport-related:
'Stairs' up streets.
Crosses:
cross
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Maision-Dieu and Merchants Court.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Ships in river.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ordnance Survey's
1857-8
1:500
1:2500
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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