Bedfordshire-Potton-1754 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20664

Map Date:

1754

Repository reference:

Bedfordshire Archives W.2/9

Historic county:

Bedfordshire

Town name:

Potton

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL223492

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 2147

Map title:

'A survey of the estate of the Honble. Admiral John Byng, lying within his lordship of Potton in Bedfordshire....'

Comments on map:

Cartouche and arms imply a display map, but very little building in Potton apprears, and the map is included only on grounds of scale.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Jos. Cole [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

170 x 123

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative: Land-use; high-quality cartouche and arms.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Bedfordshire RO W.2/9.

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Arms and heraldry:

principal landowner.: [Presumed thus].

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560