Berkshire-Reading-1802
CBTM:
19331
Map Date:
1802
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
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
Map title:
'To the worshipfull the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Reading, this plan is inscribed by their most obliged & most obedient servant. Charles Coates.'
Comments on map:
Faces title page in Charles Coates, The history and antiquities of Reading, London & Reading: Robson, etc, 1802.
Scale:
1:4752*
Map-maker:
Charles Tomkins [sv, dr, eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.0 x 58.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses, wharfs: [Timber Wharf].
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BL G.4061, BL 191.d.13, BL 2368.dd.1, BL C.55.i.2, Berkshire RO Library, BOL Gough Berks 23, (E)C17:70 Reading 1, CUL Ll.11.55, CUL Maps c.51.80.1, TNA [PRO] Library [mostly via Eugene Burden].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, ship yards, textiles, misc: [Vinegar Yard], Basket Makers.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Miscellaneous:
'Strata of Oyster Shells' south of brick works.
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Site of Abbey and ruins, abbey Gate.
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Reading.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1875-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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