COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211210
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C270
Image Title:
Leicester and Rutland
Parent Work Title:
A map of Leicester and Rutland engraved from an actual survey with improvements.
Date Created:
1788
Description:
Map: Leicester and Rutlandshire. Monochrome map with borders indicated by different colours. The title is in a simple cartouche bottom left and bottom right is a 'Reference to the Hundreds' . Beneath this is a scale bar indicating: 'British Statute Miles 69 1/2 to a degree'. Latitude and longitude angles are printed around the edges. Along the bottom is published: 'London, Published by J. Harrison, No. 115 Newgate Street, as the Act directs, May 7th 1788'.
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Leicestershire
Places Covered:
England: Rutland
Item Height:
410 mm
Item Width:
525 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
