Bedfordshire-Dunstable-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

00015

Map Date:

1840

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/1/15

Historic county:

Bedfordshire

Town name:

Dunstable

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL018218

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 0322

Map title:

'Map of the Parish of Dunstable in the County of Bedford. Surveyed by John Durham in 1822; and Revised by Joseph Mead for the Commutation of Tithes in 1840.'

Comments on map:

Only tithable areas are numbered, thereby excluding most buildings. [Entry revised from original, 2:3:07.]

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

John Durham [sv], Joseph Mead [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative: Footpaths enhanced with solid sienna in addition to black pecks; grey shading of title and adjoining district names.

Road names:

shown

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, public buildings emphasised: 'Church' and three unnamed buildings are cross-hatched.

Mills:

windmills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/1/15.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560