Yorks-Rotherham-1764
CBTM:
16577
Map Date:
1764
Repository reference:
Sheffield Archives, Arundel Castle Muniments, Rot. 104.
Historic county:
Yorks, West Riding
Town name:
Rotherham
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SK430930
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 4595
Comments on map:
Map of Rotherham manor, excluding the town, made for the Earl of Effingham, the principal landowner. All enclosures numbered in roman.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Geo. Kelk [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
123 x 76
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Known copies of map:
Sheffield Archives, Arundel Castle Muniments, Rot.104 [original]; Rotherham Library archives [photocopy]; Rotherham Library archives 63/B/68.1 [late C19 transcript].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Rococco, surmounted by lion, ? dragon or griffin, and what are presumably the Effingham arms.
Symbolic elements:
Lion, dragon or griffin, arms: above cartouche.
Arms and heraldry:
principal landowner.: [Presumed to be Effingham].
Map material:
parchment
Ordnance Survey's
1851
1:1056
1:10,560
1888
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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