Northumberland-Newcastle upon Tyne-1769
CBTM:
19688
Map Date:
1769
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.32.53, Maps 4515 (6)
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.'
Comments on map:
Inset on 'A map of the county of Northumberland...', 1:63,360, published 30 September 1769. Got up to look like a separate piece of paper pinned on.
Scale:
1:4752*
Map-maker:
Lieut. Andw. W. Armstrong and Son [sv], Thomas Kitchin [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
39.0 x 29.5 [maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): Named towers at turns on walls.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards: Same as garden.
Known copies of map:
BLML 4515(6), Maps 183.0.3(2), K.32.43.5 Tab End (or BLML K.Top.32.53), BOL C17 a.8; [1770] Maps 4515(18), CUL Atlas.1.76.1,15-; [1787] Maps 4515(3); [1796] Maps 4515(8); RGS Eng & Wales D.101; BOL C17:70 Newcastle on Tyne b.1, Tyne & Wear Archives 825/2 [1984: Frank Graham].
Gardens:
shown: Same as orchard.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Dedicee of map:
Hugh Percy, Duke & Earl of Northumberland [main map].
Ordnance Survey's
1857-8
1:500
1:2500
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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