Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1617 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18470

Map Date:

1617

Repository reference:

[University of Exeter collection]

Historic county:

Shropshire

Town name:

Shrewsbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ492124

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 4712

Map title:

'Shrowesbvry'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from World Books (Cleveland & New York)/R.A. Skelton edition, 1966. In Braun & Hogenburg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Book VI, 2 (York, Lancaster and Shrewsbury (also view of Richmond Palace [Surrey] all on one plate, flanked by ancient and modern costumes). All text is in English. Scale measured as 1.42 inches to 300 paces, 1:12,676.

Scale:

1:12,676

Map-maker:

[Braun & Hogenburg [pb].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.2 x 16.1

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): 'The towne wall bvuilt upon with houses.'

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: Includes library.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps C.7.d.1, Maps 13.e.10, BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] B.II, Part IV, CUL Maps.BB.36.61.1

Antiquities:

Monastic sites.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Crosses:

multiple crosses, (pictorial)

Ordnance Survey's

1879-80

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560