The Map of the marshland in Norfolk
Full caption: "The Map of the marshland in Norfolk, which contain only these Seven Towns, viz. Emneth, Walsoken, Walton, Walpole, Tirington, Tilney and Clenchwarton; St. John's being Part of the Parish of Tirington; St. Laurence and Ilsington Parts of Tilney; Old Lynne, containing West Lynne and North Lynne, which is also within the Ring of Marshland, yet hath no Inter-common with the other Seven. In which Map are generally described all Highways, Droves, Greens, Sea-banks, Banks of Charge, Rivers, Sewers, Churches, and notable buildings." Source: Dugdale, William. The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes: Both in Forein Parts, and in this Kingdom, and of the Improvement Thereby, Extracted from Records, Manuscripts, and Other Authentick Testimonies. United Kingdom, Warren, 1772. Second Edition. This work was first published in 1662. The scan is from an ex-library book in a private collection. Full text can be found here
- Date
- 1662
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Sir William Dugdale
- Place
- Norfolk, England
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 4,686 × 4,018 pixels
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