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Somerset-Wiveliscombe-1816

CBTM:
23433
Map Date:
1816
Repository reference:
Somerset RO A/ACD (G/875)
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Wiveliscombe
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST083277
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 1228
Map title:
'A plan of the episcopal manor of Wiveliscombe and Fitzhead
Comments on map:
Town at 1:1584*; main map at 1:3168. Fields numbered: no reference available.
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
C. Chilcott, Surveyor [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
263 x 218
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
general legend
Colouring:
Buildings, water, other: Tenure; grey buildings and hachures.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, public buildings emphasised: On main map only: houses black, other buildings hatched or ruled.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
manor, Parish
Known copies of map:
Somerset RO A/ACD (G/875)
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: A few wheatears.
Relief:
prominent hills
Commons:
shown
Symbolic elements:
Wheatears: a few in cartouche.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1.0-mile.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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