Cambridgeshire-Caxton-1750 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21211

Map Date:

1750

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.R.b.10

Historic county:

Cambridgeshire

Town name:

Caxton

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL303582

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 3058

Map title:

'An actual survey of the Manor of Caxton... belonging to Thomas Cape Esqr. Lord of the said Manor taken Anno Dom. 1749.1750 by T. Wing...'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photograph of 1930 of original then with S.A. Warner, Lenten House, Alton, Hants. Terrier not present.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

T. Wing [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

154 x 98

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Hedges, cultivation: possibly others.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: [Churchyard only].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.R.b.10 [photo], Maps.19.Q.1 [reduced photo, 24 x 15 cm, 1981].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Rococco: for both title and scale.

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560