Northumberland-Tynemouth-1784 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18642

Map Date:

? 1784

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MR 1/1171

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Tynemouth

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ250640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 3067

Comments on map:

Dating from TNA [PRO] catalogue; standard Ordnance cartography.

Scale:

1:1200

Map-maker:

Elias Durnford, Engineer [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

144.3 x 80.6

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Buildings:

masonry distinguished

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Pumps, wells.

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: Considerable internal detail of Tynemouth Castle and Cliffords and Spanish forts.

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MR 1/1171 (WO 78/324).

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Antiquities:

Monastic ruins.

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

slopes shown, cliffs: With note against cliffs: 'This part of the shore is consuming by the beating of the waves so as to endanger the barracks above'.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1854-7

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560