Suffolk-Newmarket-1770
CBTM:
18648
Map Date:
? 1770
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPE 1/355
Historic county:
Suffolk
Town name:
Newmarket
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL643633
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 6163
Map title:
[In dedication:] '...Plan of Newmarket...'.
Comments on map:
Date from TNA [PRO] list. Scale inconspicuous: on tree-trunk in cartouche. Chapman was evidently both author and engraver.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
J. Chapman [author, eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
65.5 x 50.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, land-use, decorative: Hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
cock-fighting, race courses: [Stand].
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.8.74, CUL Maps.aa.17.G.19, TNA [PRO] MPE 1/355 [1770.c]; BOL Gough Maps Suffolk 11, 12 [1775]; BLML K.Top.8.75, CUL Views.x.4,66, West Suffolk RO 435 [1787].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Stables of the various 'noblemen and gentlemen'].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Symbolic elements:
Jockey on racehorse (feeding) in cartouche.
Arms and heraldry:
dedicee of map
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
kennels
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Milestone from London [pictorial].
Dedicee of map:
Rt Hon William, Earl of March & Ruglen, Baron Douglas of Nidpath, Lymn & Maner, Vice Admiral of Scotland, a Lord of the King's Bedchamber, Knight of the Thistle '&c &c'.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Ordnance Survey's
1884
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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