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Volume 92

Historic Town Plans of Lincoln, 1610-1920

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Lincoln is fortunate to have a detailed record of its geography since 1610, when John Speed published the first surviving map of the area.

At that time, and until the Victorian age, Lincoln was still a relatively poor and under-developed city with only a small population. Despite some errors, Speed’s map is remarkably accurate work which bears testament to his abilities as a surveyor. His map was followed in 1722 by that of William Stukeley, the antiquarian and early archaeologist, whose map concentrated on historical features, and attempted to show the extent of the old Roman city, and medieval walls and monuments.

The nineteenth century saw Lincoln mapped a number of times: William Marrat’s work of 1814-17 brought a more rigorous mathematical approach, showing the city just before it finally began to prosper and develop. Around this time both James Sandby Padley and the Ordnance Survey published new maps, both with increased accuracy, though neither one was perfect.

It was the electoral reforms of the 1830s that drove map-makers to define ward and parish boundaries, thje details of which required a larger scale than previous works. So it was that in 1842 Padley published his remarkable Large Map of Lincoln, a map of such high quslity that it matched anything in the country.

The collection ends with the Ordnance Survey map of 1920, a detailed record of the city scaled at six inches to the mile. It shows an urban Lincoln much more recognizable to the modern eye: railways, terraced streets, industrial areas, roads, and much less empty space.

This book collects together these maps and demonstrates their importance in describing the changing geography of the historic city. Together, however, the maps show more than just the development of Lincoln; they also show the history of cartography,, the application of scientific techniques, and the development of improved accuracy and precision.
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Volume 92                               Historic Town Plans of Lincoln, 1610-1920

Editor                                      D. R. Mills and R. C. Wheeler

Dust Jacket Biographies         Dr Dennis Mills is an historical geographer who has published widely on Lincolnshire topics. He edited Twentieth Century Lincolnshire, Vol.XII in the History of Lincolnshire series.

Dr Robert Wheeler is Honorary Secretary of the Charles Close Society for the study of Ordnance Survey maps.

Facing the title page                Dedication       IN MEMORY  OF

JAMES SANDBY PADLEY

KATHLEEN MAJOR

Publication Date                     2004

Size                                         325 x 230mm

Language                                English

Publisher                                 A Lincoln Record Society publication  with The Survey of Lincoln published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA

Website: www.boydellandbrewer.com

Typesetter                              Pru Harrison, Hacheston, Suffolk

Printer                                     St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Printed on acid-free paper

ISBN                                       0 901503 69 X

Content                                   Contents, 2 pages

Foreword, 1 page

Acknowledgements, 1 page

Abbreviations, 1 page

Introduction, 22 pages including Figure 1: Map of Lincoln Pre-1888 Parishes, 1 page

The Plans

1610:  John Speed, 1 page

1722: William Stukeley, 1 page

1817: William Marrat, 4 pages

1819: James Sandby Padley, partially updated to c. 1830, 2 pages

1832: Reform Act plan (based on Ordnance Survey’s Drawings of 1820), 1 page

1835: Municipal Corporations Act Plan, 1 page

1839: Dewhirst and Nichols, 4 pages

1848: Revision of Marrat’s map, 1817, 4 pages

Figure 2: Key to Padley plans of 1842, 1851 and 1868, 1 page

Figure 3: Key to Padley plan of 1883, 1 page

1842: Coloured plan by J.S. Padley at original scale, 14 pages

1851: Revised plan by J.S. Padley at original scale, 14 pages

1868: Revised plan by J.S. Padley at original scale, 14 pages

1883: Padley’s last map, revised by J.M. Thropp, with later manuscript amendments, 18 pages

1920: Ordnance Survey Town Map, in colour, with street index, 11 pages

Dust jacket blurb                    Lincoln is fortunate to have a detailed record of its geography since 1610, when John Speed published the first surviving map of the area.

At that time, and until the Victorian age, Lincoln was still a relatively poor and under-developed city with only a small population. Despite some errors, Speed’s map is remarkably accurate work which bears testament to his abilities as a surveyor. His map was followed in 1722 by that of William Stukeley, the antiquarian and early archaeologist, whose map concentrated on historical features, and attempted to show the extent of the old Roman city, and medieval walls and monuments.

The nineteenth century saw Lincoln mapped a number of times: William Marrat’s work of 1814-17 brought a more rigorous mathematical approach, showing the city just before it finally began to prosper and develop. Around this time both James Sandby Padley and the Ordnance Survey published new maps, both with increased accuracy, though neither one was perfect.

It was the electoral reforms of the 1830s that drove map-makers to define ward and parish boundaries, thje details of which required a larger scale than previous works. So it was that in 1842 Padley published his remarkable Large Map of Lincoln, a map of such high quslity that it matched anything in the country.

The collection ends with the Ordnance Survey map of 1920, a detailed record of the city scaled at six inches to the mile. It shows an urban Lincoln much more recognizable to the modern eye: railways, terraced streets, industrial areas, roads, and much less empty space.

This book collects together these maps and demonstrates their importance in describing the changing geography of the historic city. Together, however, the maps show more than just the development of Lincoln; they also show the history of cartography,, the application of scientific techniques, and the development of improved accuracy and precision.

Reviews                      The chief glory of this book is the section which reproduces thirteen plans of the city in high-quality colour. [.] A useful resource for the academic scholar and anyone with an interest in the history of the city. EAST MIDLAND HISTORIAN

A delight.. The maps are superbly produced and, like any old map, deserve close study with a magnifying glass. [Lincoln] Record Society is to be congratulated on publishing such a fine volume. ARCHIVES

This collection provides the reader with all the detailed information of the city in the nineteenth century that can possibly be mapped. It provides a model which other county record societies might well follow. THE LOCAL HISTORIAN

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Date                                                    2010

Size 235 x 155 mm

Publisher                                             A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA

Web site: www.boydellandbrewer.com

The version in the book incorrectly states ‘with The Survey of Lincoln’

ISBN                                                   978-0-90150-389-5

Printer                                                 4edge Ltd, Hockley, Essex

On acid-free paper

Content change                                   There is no dust jacket. The dust jacket image is printed directly on the case
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