Breconshire-Brecon-1808 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22484

Map Date:

1.11.1808

Repository reference:

BL 188.c.10

Historic county:

Breconshire

Town name:

Brecon

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO 045285

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 0428

Map title:

'Ichnography of the town of Brecknock, from a plan by Meredith Jones, Surveyor, in 1744.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. of Theophilus Jones [Deputy Registrar of the Archeaconry of Brecon], A history of the county of Brecknock, Vol II, pt I, Brecknock: North, 1809 [Vol I is 1805]. Old-fashioned looking.

Scale:

1:10,000*

Map-maker:

Meredith Jones, Surveyor, Js Basire [eng], T. Jones, Brecknock [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.5 x 25.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public etc buildings pictorial.

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 578.k.33, 188.c.9-11, BOL Gough Wales 73, G.A.Brecknock c.2, CUL VIII.1.10 [1809: in Theophilus Jones, A history of the county of Brecknock, pb G. North, Brecknock]; BL 10370.i.12, BOL G.A.Brecknock c.5 [1898: reprinted by Edwin Davies]; BL HLL 942.956, BOL G.A.Brecknock c.4 [1909: enlarged by Sir J. Russell].

Antiquities:

Monastic remains.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560