Dorset-Bridport-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18821

Map Date:

1831

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/8

Historic county:

Dorset

Town name:

Bridport

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SY465929

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SY 4493

Comments on map:

Note bottom left that surveyed and drawn by Thos. J. Ellis, December 1831, but this seems to refer to the boundaries rather than the map proper, which has been cut down: see scale. Extensive pencil work away from the town has not been inked in.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Thos. J. Ellis [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

67.0 x 68.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, boundaries, other: Fragmentary shading of hill.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/8.

Industry:

food/drink

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560