Berkshire-Reading-1806 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22470

Map Date:

[1806]

Repository reference:

Berkshire RO PM 102

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:

'Plan of the town of Reading. Copied by permission of the revd. Chas. Coates from the Plan prefixed to his Hiftory of that town.'

Comments on map:

For Lysons, Magna Brittannia: 'Vol.I.P.326' top right.

Scale:

1:7040*

Map-maker:

Neele Sculpt. 352 Strand [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.5 x 25.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

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:

BOL GA Gen.Top 4o 561/1, Berkshire RO PM 102, CUL Maps.bb.18.G.27, Reading Lib qB/C [1806, 1813: Magna Brittannia, vol I, p.328]; BL 2061.d [1813, vol I, p.339]; BOL G.A.Berks 4o 186 [1978: EP Publishing].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, ship yards, textiles

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Monastic remains, Old Fortifications [earthworks].

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits: Extensive hachuring.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Walls, embankments, etc:

Oracle.

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560