Bedfordshire-Woburn-1738 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20668

Map Date:

1738

Repository reference:

Bedfordshire Archives R.1/237

Historic county:

Bedfordshire

Town name:

Woburn

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP949332

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 9335

Map title:

'A plan of the manor and parish of Woburn in the county of Bedford belonging to His Grace the Duke of Bedford.'

Comments on map:

Fields numbered and named: any cadastre is elsewhere. The display-map quality of the cartouche and arms are at odds with the material: paper.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Thos Brown [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96.0 x 65.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

general legend

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, estate, land-use: Woods.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Bedfordshire RO R.1/237.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

principal landowner.: [Above cartouche].

Tenement boundaries group:

D

Ordnance Survey's

1880-2

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560