Nottinghamshire-Newark-1788 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20544

Map Date:

1788

Repository reference:

Nottinghamshire Archives NE3R

Historic county:

Nottinghamshire

Town name:

Newark

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK799539

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 7555

Map title:

'A map of certain parcels of Crown Lands within the Manor of Newark in the county of Nottingham in lease to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle & others from a survey made in the year 1788 with a sketch of the town of Newark.'

Comments on map:

Detail from negative photostat of uncertain provenance. Only included on grounds of scale. Includes enlargement of site of castle.

Scale:

1:6336

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

125 x 90

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Shown by ribbon-development.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Nottinghamshire Archives NE3R.

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Trees: neat, conventional.

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560