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Bedfordshire-Bedford-1765

CBTM:
18548
Map Date:
1765
Repository reference:
University of Exeter Geography Department
Historic county:
Bedfordshire
Town name:
Bedford
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL050497
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 0549
Map title:
'A plan of Bedford'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from an unattributed facsimile version. Inset on 'The county of Bedford. surveyed anno MDCCLXV, and engraved by Thomas Jeffreys, Geographer to His Majesty'. In Elizabeth M. Rodger, The large scale county maps of the British Isles..., Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1972, 1, says that was surveyed by J. Ainslie and T. Donald, 1765, and engraved by J. Hodskinson.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
[J. Ainslie & T. Donald [sv], J. Hodskinson [eng]], Thomas Jeffreys [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.8 x 28.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.7.3.2.TAB.END., BL Maps 1335(19), BOL C17 a.2, Gough Maps Beds. 9, CUL Atlas.2.76.7,5 [1765] BL Maps 1335(2), BOL C17:12 a.1 [1804, pub Faden]; Bedfordshire RO X/1/88/1 [repro]; RGS Eng & Wales D.91 [date?]; BOL (E) C17:12 (25) C17:12 (25) [1990: pub ?].
Industry:
lime/cement
Antiquities:
Friary.
Post and telegraphs:
unspecified: Curious structure (? flagstaff) to north of bowling green.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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