Bedfordshire-Bedford-1765 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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