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Northumberland-Tynemouth-1725

CBTM:
19812
Map Date:
? 1725
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.33.22
Historic county:
Northumberland
Town name:
Tynemouth
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NZ373694
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NZ 3067
Map title:
'A plan of Tinmouth town and castle and Clifford Fort, scituate at the entrance of the River Tine.'
Comments on map:
Undated, but sylistically akin to the 1720s mapping of Plymouth, Hull, etc in both K.Top. and TNA [PRO] WO 78. Usual Board of Ordnance style with not much built-up-area civil detail.
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
[Board of Ordnance [author].]
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72.5 x 51.2
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use, general highlighting of district, other: Land-tint, foreshore, hachures.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
lighthouses: [Light Houses: one belonging to Mr Villiers, one to Trinity Colledge].
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: Also ruined works.
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.33.22.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown
Antiquities:
Abbey, 'demolished'.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Enlarged inset of Clifford Fort at 1:1200, and cross-section thereof at 1:480.
Relief:
prominent hills
Ordnance Survey's
1854-7
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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