Mostyn Armstrong

Last updated

Mostyn John Armstrong (died 11 December 1791) was an English publisher of maps who worked at first with his father Andrew Armstrong and later on his own. [1] [2]

Contents

Selected publications

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mile</span> Unit of length

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly 1,609.344 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norfolk County, Massachusetts</span> County in Massachusetts, United States

Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a borough, and it is the second most populous county that has a county seat at a town. The county was named after the English county of the same name. Two towns, Cohasset and Brookline, are exclaves.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edwards County, Illinois</span> County in Illinois, United States

Edwards County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,245. Its county seat is Albion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Champaign County, Illinois</span> County in Illinois, United States

Champaign County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 205,865, making it the 10th-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Urbana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brumstead</span> Human settlement in England

Brumstead is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 15.3 miles (24.6 km) north-east of Norwich, 17.6 miles (28.3 km) south-south-east of Cromer and 134 miles (216 km) north-east of London. The village lies 1.2 miles (1.9 km) north of the town of Stalham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robin Hood's Well</span> Historic site in Burghwallis, South Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Well is a historic structure beside the A1 road near Burghwallis, South Yorkshire, England. It was originally built in 1710 as a well house over a spring alongside the old Great North Road, but the structure was moved to its present location alongside the Doncaster By-Pass in what is known as Barnsdale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ingworth</span> Human settlement in England

Ingworth is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north of Aylsham, 14.3 miles (23.0 km) north of Norwich, 7.3 miles (11.7 km) east of North Walsham and 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cromer. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham, which is located on the Bittern Line between Sheringham and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village is bypassed by the A140 road, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) to the west. The village and parish of Ingworth had, in the 2001 census, a population of 94. For the purposes of local government, the village falls within the district of North Norfolk. The population taken at the 2011 census remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Erpingham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hingham, Norfolk</span> Market town in Norfolk, England

Hingham is a market town and civil parish in mid-Norfolk, England. The civil parish covers an area of 14.98 km2 (5.78 sq mi) and had a population of 2,078 in 944 households at the time of the 2001 census, increasing to 2,367 at the 2011 census.

The Great Britain Historical GIS is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801. The project is currently based at the University of Portsmouth, and is the provider of the website A Vision of Britain through Time.

Mostyn Colliery was a coal mine in Flintshire, North Wales, that was owned in the later part of its operating life by the influential Mostyn family. The colliery was located at Mostyn on the banks of the River Dee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ordnance Survey</span> National mapping agency for Great Britain

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose, which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. Since 1 April 2015, the Ordnance Survey has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a government-owned company, 100% in public ownership. The Ordnance Survey Board remains accountable to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. It was also a member of the Public Data Group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">B1145 road</span> Road in England

The B1145 runs for about 52 miles (84 km) through the county of Norfolk, England, between King's Lynn and Mundesley. The road is an alternative route to the A47 between King's Lynn and Norwich by way of the A1067 from Bawdeswell onwards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">B1110 road</span> Road in England

The B1110 runs for about 19 miles (31 km) between Holt and Dereham, and is entirely within the county of Norfolk. The road is a link between the A148 and the A47 at the town of Dereham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garboldisham Windmill</span> Windmill in Norfolk, England

Garboldisham Mill is a Grade II* listed post mill at Garboldisham, Norfolk, that has been restored.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Rocque's maps of London</span> 18th-century maps of London

In 1746, the French-born British surveyor and cartographer John Rocque produced two maps of London and the surrounding area. The better known of these has the full name A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark: it is a map of Georgian London to a scale of 26 inches to a mile, surveyed by John Rocque, engraved by John Pine, and published in 1746. It consists of 24 sheets and measures 3.84 m × 2.01 m. Taking nearly ten years to survey, engrave and publish, it has been described as "a magnificent example of cartography ... one of the greatest and most handsome plans of any city".

Sir James Calthorpe of Cockthorpe, Norfolk was Sheriff of Norfolk in 1614

The Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series maps were produced from the 1840s to the 1890s by the Ordnance Survey, with revisions published until the 1940s. The series mapped the counties of Great Britain at both a six inch and twenty-five inch scale with accompanying acreage and land use information. Following the introduction of the Ordnance Survey National Grid in the 1930s the County Series maps were replaced by a new series of maps at each scale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minchington Hall</span>

Minchington Hall, Mincington Hall, or Minchenden House was a country house and estate in Southgate, then in the county of Middlesex in England, and now in Greater London. It was on Southgate Green and the south side of Waterfall Road, and adjoined Arnolds slightly further east, which was originally less significant than Minchington. The estate was merged into Arnos Grove in 1853 and the house demolished.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ellis Martin</span> Ordnance Survey map and book cover illustrator

Ellis Martin (1881–1977) was an English commercial artist. For most of his working life he was employed by Britain's map making organisation the Ordnance Survey, for which he performed painting, drawing and calligraphy for their map and book covers, and for their advertisements. He was the first person to be employed by the Survey specifically as an illustrator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joel Gascoyne</span> English cartographer and surveyor

Joel Gascoyne was an English nautical chartmaker, land cartographer and surveyor who set new standards of accuracy and pioneered large scale county maps. After achieving repute in the Thames school of chartmakers, he switched careers and became one of the leading surveyors of his day and a maker of land maps. He is best known for his maps of the colonial Province of Carolina, of the county of Cornwall, and the early 18th-century Parish of Stepney, precursor of today's East End of London. Gascoyne's distinctive style of chart and map-drawing was characterised by the use of bold and imaginative cartouches.

References

  1. Chambers, Betty (1964). "M. J. Armstrong in Norfolk: The Progress of an Eighteenth Century County Survey". The Geographical Journal. 130 (3): 427–431. Bibcode:1964GeogJ.130..427C. doi:10.2307/1794807. JSTOR   1794807.
  2. "Armstrong, Mostyn John". WorldCat Identities. OCLC . Retrieved 9 March 2023.