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Nottinghamshire-Newark-1804

CBTM:
18646
Map Date:
1804
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1132
Historic county:
Nottinghamshire
Town name:
Newark
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SK799539
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 7555
Map title:
'Plan of the houses and grounds belonging to the Crown within the town of Newark, in the county of Nottingham, taken by order of John Fordyce Esqr, Surveyor General of His Majesty's Land Revenue by Thomas Chawner, 1804.'
Scale:
1:1056*
Map-maker:
Thomas Chawner [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
98.0 x 86.0
Colouring:
Buildings, water, decorative: Crown buildings carmine, rest grey.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Crown property mapped in full detail.
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1132.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At bottom, watercolours: 'View of the Market Place, taken from the front of The Kingston Arms Inn', and 'View of the Castle and the Entrance to the Town from the Great North Road': flank title. These aren't quite the indulgence they seem, as both illustrate Crown properties, and may have had a utilitarian purpose.
Symbolic elements:
Crown, two halberds: respectively above and to left and right of title.
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
other: Frontage lengths.
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
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