Historic Town Plans of Lincoln, 1610-1920 (Hardcover)

This book collects together early maps of Lincoln, and demonstrates their importance in describing the changing geography of this historic city, and also the development of cartography and its increasing application of scientific techniques for improved accuracy and precision. Speed published the earliest surviving map of the area in 1610; his work was followed in 1722 by that of William Stukeley, whose map concentrates on historical features. The nineteenth century saw Lincoln mapped a number of times, by William Marrat (1814-17) and shortly afterwards by James Sandby Padley and the Ordnance Survey. It was the electoral reforms of the 1830s that drove the next map-makers to define ward and parish boundaries, the details of which required a larger scale than previous works. Then in 1842 Padley published his remarkable Large Map of Lincoln. The collection ends with the OS map of 1920, a detailed record of the city scaled at six inches to the mile, where modern Lincoln is clearly visible.

General

Imprint:	Lincoln Record Society
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Publications of the Lincoln Record Society
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	D.R. Mills • R.C. Wheeler
Dimensions:	325 x 235 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-901503-69-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-901503-69-X
Barcode:	9780901503695

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