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Berkshire-Reading-1761

CBTM:
18550
Map Date:
1761
Repository reference:
University of Exeter Geography Department
Historic county:
Berkshire
Town name:
Reading
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SU714733
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 7172
Comments on map:
Recorded from facsimile by Harry Margary, with introduction by Paul Laxton, 1973. Inset on Rocque's 1:31,680 map of Berkshire. As with Rocque's Oxford [Exeter 18549] there is a description of the town, and a problem with the scales: that of yards is 1 inch to 310 yards, that of perches 1 inch to 58 perches.
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
13.5 x 15.0 [maximum: irregular].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs: [Timber wharfs along river].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards: [Presumed from 'conifers'].
Known copies of map:
BOL (E)C17:13 (68) 1752: proof]; BLML Maps 27.e.36, K.Top.7.31.1.11, K.Top.7.28.1.Tab.24, K.Top. 28.2.Tab.End, Maps 27.e.33, BLML Maps 1420(14), BOL C17 a.2, Gough Maps Berks 6, CUL Atlas.2.76.3 [pub: 1752-61].
Gardens:
shown
Antiquities:
Abbey ruins.
Dedicee of map:
King George III.
Ordnance Survey's
1875-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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