Maps of Mylor

Maps of Mylor

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Falmouth Haven

This is a map of Falmouth Haven. It forms part of an atlas that belonged to William Cecil Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State. Burghley used this atlas to illustrate domestic matters. The map takes the form of a bird's eye view. St Mawes and its larger sister castle, Pendennis are shown. These were built by Henry VIII as part of a defensive chain of fortresses to protect the south coast of England after 1538 after a peace treaty was signed by Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor King of Spain, making an invasion of their combined forces likely. The castles are depicted with accuracy showing their architectural form. The rest of the information presented here is shown with equal care: individual buildings are depicted with their particular architectural features recorded, such as the stepped gable of the tower in a college quadrangle in ‘perm:borough’ and thatched cottages. A dominant feature of the map is the network of field boundaries that the draughtsman has recorded. It is not clear whether these are a generic representation of fields or whether they are actual observed boundaries. Areas of raised ground are shown as are forests. The road network is highlighted in red, suggesting a preoccupation with communication routes. Lord Burghley has annotated the map in places, labelling a rocky outcrop ‘black rock’. Features of the coast and the sea surrounding it were of great importance as knowledge of them is vital for matters of defence, an issue of great significance during Elizabeth’s reign when England was under threat from Spain. William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.7 (includes: Budock; Falmouth; Mylor; Penryn) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.11 (includes: Budock; Falmouth; Penryn) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.11 (includes: Budock; Falmouth; Penryn) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.15 (includes: Budock; Falmouth) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.15 (includes: Budock; Falmouth) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.8 (includes: Falmouth; Mylor) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.8 (includes: Falmouth; Mylor) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.12 (includes: Falmouth; Mylor) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.12 (includes: Falmouth; Mylor) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.16 (includes: Falmouth) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.16 (includes: Falmouth) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.5 (includes: St Just in Roseland) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.5 (includes: St Just in Roseland) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.9 (includes: Falmouth; Gerrans; St Just in Roseland) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.9 (includes: Falmouth; Gerrans; St Just in Roseland) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.9 (includes: Falmouth; Gerrans; St Just in Roseland) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.9 (includes: Falmouth; Gerrans; St Just in Roseland) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.13 (includes: Falmouth; Gerrans) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXII.13 (includes: Falmouth; Gerrans) - 25 Inch Map

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A coloured plan of Falmouth Fort (Pendennis Castle); drawn temp. Elizabeth Publication Details: ca. 1590-1598

This is a drawing of Pendennis Castle in Cornwall dating from around 1597-98. Although it is pictorial representation the real architectural features of the castle are recognisable. The castle is shown with a round tower with apertures arranged in two layers and surrounded by a low curtain wall. The impetus for the construction of Pendennis was Henry VIII’s divorce of his catholic wife Catherine of Aragon which initiated a threat of war from France and Spain. As a consequence, Henry set about the fortification of the whole of England's south coast. Between the years 1540 and 1545 two forts were constructed to guard the wide entrance of the River Fal; St Mawes on the east bank and Pendennis on the west. This drawing shows the extra wall with bastions which was constructed to encircle the structure during the reign of Elizabeth I. Raids on transatlantic shipping by English seamen such as Francis Drake and England’s support of the Protestant rebellion in the Spanish ruled Netherlands had brought tensions with Spain to a crescendo and England was under threat of invasion from Spain. Although the Spanish Armada was defeated by the English in 1588 England remained at war with Spain for many years and further attempts to invade were made by Philip II. In the year 1595, the Spanish attacked Mounts Bay, Newlyn and Penzance. The garrisons at Pendennis and St Mawes, were hurriedly reinforced and improved upon in preparation for the coming Spanish invasion. However the Spanish invasion never came and the only attacks on the castles were during the Civil War.
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Cornwall LXXI.3 (includes: Mylor; Penryn; St Gluvias) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.3 (includes: Mylor; Penryn; St Gluvias) - 25 Inch Map

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