Walton 1679
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| NOTES from WALTON'S and MORDEN'S MAP of ENGLAND and WALES, 1679 | ||
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These notes are taken from the map of England and Wales with
roads and distances, by Robert Walton and Robert Morden,
London, 1679. The map studied is in the Map Room, British
Library, item Maps C.45.f.3(33).
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The map size is: wxh, sheet = 53x62cm; wxh, map = 509x590mm.
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| MAP FEATURES | ||
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title
decorative cartouche |
Printed upper right is a decorative cartouche; Mercury
with his caduceus, perhaps Athene, a globe, pallet and
brushes, books, Neptune with his trident, horses, fruit and
foliage ...
A New Map Containing all the Citties, Market Townes, Rivers, Bridges, & other co~siderable places in ENGLAND & WALES. Wherein are delineated ye Roads from Towne to Towne, & ye Number of reputed miles between them, are given by inspection without Scale or Compass. There is also an Alphabetical table of the Towns shewing in which County each place is in, and how many miles from London &c. most usefull for all Travellors. Sold by Rob: Walton at ye Globe in St. Pauls Churchyard. & by Rob: Morden at ye Atlas in Corn-hill. LONDON. |
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coat of arms, royal
dedication map maker |
Printed upper left is the royal coat of arms of the
Stuarts, with supporters and mottoes.
Printed lower left is a dedication:- Viro Perillustri Duo IOSEPHO WILLIAMSON EQUITI AURATO Serenissimo CAROLO IIo Mag. Britan. Fran. & Hibern. REGI A Consiliis Secretoribus, et a Secretis Status, nec non SOCIETATIS REGALIS LONDINENSIS PRAESIDI. HANC TABULAM Regiarum Viarum Indicem Humillime Consecrat R. Walton & R. Morden with a coat of arms (argent three trefoils ?, a chevron engrailed sable ??). Joseph Williamson was president of the Royal Society, London, 1677-1680. |
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| table of symbols |
Printed left central is:-
The Explanation of this Map The double lines thus [double lines, solid solid] represent ye Post Roads The double lines thus [double lines, solid dotted] other Great Roads The single line thus [single line, solid] the small Roads The figures give ye distance between Town and Town as from London to Highgate 4. from Highgate to Barnet 6. &c. [circle, building, tower] This mark signifies a Market Towne [circle] This a small Town. |
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orientation
compass rose up is N |
There are three compass roses on the map, in sea around
the island. They have star points for cardinal, half
cardinal, false and by points. There are rhumb lines across
sea areas; solid for all except the by point directions
which are dotted. The map is printed with North at top of
the sheet.
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| scale |
The map has no scale line. It is possible to estimate
from measuring distances between a few towns.
London - Bristol = 158.6 mm (174.1Km) London - Plymouth = 282.2 mm (312.1Km) The scales calculated from these figures are about 1 to 1100000 London - Lincoln = 158.2 mm (193.9Km) and about 1 to 1200000. A little E-W stretch in early maps is not unusual. The map scale is perhaps about:- 1 to 1100000 18 miles to 1 inch |
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lat and long
lat and long scales |
The map has scales of latitude and longitude in the
borders for a trapezoidal projection; chequered at 5 minute
intervals, labelled at 1 degree intervals. The prime
meridian goes through the middle of London, perhaps a little
to the west. The
The map includes from 2d 0m E to 6d 30m W, from 50d 10m to 56d 15m N; England and Wales, part of Scotland, edges of Ireland and France. |
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sea area
sea plain |
The sea are is plain. The main sea areas are labelled,
eg:-
THE CHANNEL |
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coast line
coast shaded harbours |
The coast line is shaded for emphasis. Some harbours can
be recognised, but are not labelled.
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rivers
bridges |
Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines.
Some bridges are clearly drawn by a double line across a river. |
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| county |
County boundaries are dotted lines. The county areas are
labelled, eg:-
HANT SH. |
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| settlements |
Settlements are marked by a dot and/or circle
differentiated by additional symbols and style of lettering.
The places noticed are mostly those on the roads.
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| city |
dot, circle, buildings, towers, perhaps a cross; labelled
in upright lowercase text. eg:-
Carlile The cross indicates a cathedral? |
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| town |
circle, tower; labelled in italic lowercase text,
eg:-
Keswick Kendall |
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| village |
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Ierbye |
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roads
post roads road distances |
A network of post roads, other great roads, and small
roads is shown by double and single lines as explained in
the table of symbols. The roads run almost straight from
place to place. Notice the use of a dotted+solid double line
to denote the 'other' great roads - this symbol more often
indicates a fenced/unfenced road.
This map is an early derivative of the large straight line distance map by Robert Adams, 1677. Adams made his own reduced, two sheet, map in 1679. The cartouches used by Adams round place names, and circles round distances, are not copied, making a lot more space available for data and producing a more readable map. Rodney Shirley notes that the distances are often different from the Adams distances, and suggests that Walton and Morden used other sources, such as Ogilby 1675, and Morden's map 1678. |
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