Shropshire-Wem-1631 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20503

Map Date:

1631

Repository reference:

Shropshire RO 972/bundle 232

Historic county:

Shropshire

Town name:

Wem

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ514290

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 5630

Map title:

'A description of the Mannor or Lordshipp of Wem seituat in the countie of Salopp parcell of the possessions of the Right Honourable Thomas Earle of Arndell & Surrey, Premier Earle of England... 1631.

Comments on map:

Recorded from incomplete photocopies. Scale and date from Shropshire RO list.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

John Lawrence [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

205 x 245

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, decorative, other: Multi-coloured scale and cartouche; field boundaries highlighted in green; houses have red roofs.

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Shropshire RRC [Archives] 972/232 [original & photos].

Landowners and occupiers:

holdings/occupiers

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Elaborate surrounds to title and scale.

Symbolic elements:

Roman-looking face at bottom of surround to title.

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1879

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560