Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1791
CBTM:
21176
Map Date:
1791
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.17.G.10
Historic county:
Cambridgeshire
Town name:
Cambridge
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL449587
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 4459
Map title:
'Plan of Cambridge, 1791.'
Comments on map:
This looks rather like a reworking of the 1763 plan [Exeter 21173]. Intended to accompany The Cambridge Guide.
Scale:
1:12,000*
Map-maker:
S.I. Neele, 352 Strand, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.0 x 14.2 [plate is 20.5 x 14.8].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Old city limits.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] B.I, part III, 186 [date altered in MS to 1796], CUL Maps.17.G.10, Cam.d.796.1, Ll.16.98, 7474.d.26 [1791]; BL 273.d.36, 579.xc.42(3), 731.b.27 (1), 10351.b.8, CUL 7500.d.132,2 [1796: in A description of the University, Town and County of Cambridge]; BL 579.c.64(2), RB.23.a.15961, G.16196(3) [1803: pb Deighton]; BL 8365.b.44 [1811: pb Deighton]; BL 10351.bbb.17 [?1812: pb Deighton]; BL 10351.bbb.19, 10351.bbb.14 [1814: pb Deighton]; BL 10360.bbb.52, CUL Maps.53(2).82.1 [1820]; CUL Syn.8.82.1 [1821]; Cambridge City Library C.46.4 [1825], Cambridge City Library [another copy: 1830]; BOL Johnson f.1453, CUL Maps.53(2).83.1 [1830]; CUL Maps.53(2).83.2,3 [undated].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
'Bounds of the Old City': + at corners of presumably the Roman town; Pythagoras School.
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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