Wiltshire-Downton-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18776

Map Date:

? 1831

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/9

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Downton

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU182214

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 1724

Comments on map:

Pencil enlargement from Ordnance Surveyors Drawing, but with notable additions, e.g. schools and chapels.

Scale:

1:10,560

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.0 x 49.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Various letters relating to houses, barns, cottages and sheds, apparently to do with return of inhabitants, etc.

Colouring:

water: Legend provides for administrative colour, too.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/9.

Ordnance Survey's

1874-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560