Northumberland-Newcastle upon Tyne-1757
CBTM:
22414
Map Date:
[1757]
Repository reference:
BL 196.d.4
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:
NT 2664
Map title:
'New-Castle'.
Comments on map:
On p.116 of M. Bellin, Essai geographique sur les isles Britaniques..., Paris: Didot, 1757. Bellin was 'Ingenieur de la Marine et du Depot des Plans'.
Scale:
1:24,000*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
10.0 x 9.7 [map: plate 10.3 x 9.8].
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
town walls
Known copies of map:
BL 196.d.4, BOL Gough Gen Top 200 [1757: in J.N.Bellin, Essai geographique sur les Isles Britanniques]; BOL Gough Gen Top 200 [1759: in J.N.Bellin, Recueil des villes ports d'Angleterre]; BOL Gough Maps 105 [1766: Bellin, Recueil...].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Rococco: combined with border.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative: Elaborate in relation to map.
Ordnance Survey's
1857-8
1:500
1:2500
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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