Staffordshire-Newcastle under Lyme-1691 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19654

Map Date:

1691

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 1112 (3)

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Newcastle under Lyme

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ850460

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 8847

Map title:

'Newcastle under Lyne'.

Comments on map:

Scale measured as 1 inch to 132 paces: 1:7920.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

A.F. [Alexander Forbes] [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

14.7 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, decorative, other: Multi-coloured cartouches; light green ground.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

markets: ['Iron Mercat'].

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 1112(3).

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Four: round title, reference, scale and (blank) space for arms: the last with delicate leaves-and-berries decoration.

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560