Berkshire-Newbury-1768 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18477

Map Date:

? 1768

Repository reference:

[University of Exeter collection]

Historic county:

Berkshire

Town name:

Newbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU471671

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 4870

Map title:

'A plan of the town of Newbury and Speenhamland.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from Valerie G. Scott and Eve McLaughlin, Berkshire, London: Quiller Press, 1984. Inset on John Willis, A map of the country ten miles round Newbury in Berkshire. 'Speenhamland' is what looks on Ordnance Survey like the west-east street across the north end of the town.

Scale:

1:11,400

Map-maker:

John Willis [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.2 x 9.5 [maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, workhouses: Numerous almshouses.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.7.35.2 Tab., BOL Gough Maps Berkshire 9, CUL Maps.AA.36.76.1 [1768]; BL 10350.e.26, TNA [PRO] Library [1887: transcript in Walter Money, History... of Newbury, Oxford & London: Parker]; BOL G.A.Berks 4o 171 [1973: in Newbury buildings past & present, pub. Newbury Borough Museum]; CUL Atlas.5.028.2 [in V. Scott, Valerie G. Scott and Eve McLaughlin, Berkshire, London: Quiller Press, 1984].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560