Carnarvonshire-Carnarvon-1757 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22416

Map Date:

[1757]

Repository reference:

BL 196.d.4

Historic county:

Carnarvonshire

Town name:

Carnarvon

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SH480628

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SH 4863

Map title:

'Caernarvan.'

Comments on map:

On p.332 of M. Bellin, Essai geographique sur les isles Britaniques..., Paris: Didot, 1757. Bellin was 'Ingenieur de la Marine et du Depot des Plans'. Scale of '120 pas': 1 inch to 80 pas, which may be 1:4800, but 1:9600 makes more sense.

Scale:

1:9600*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

11.2 x 10.2 [map: plate 11.5 x 10.5].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Defence and military:

town walls

Known copies of map:

BL 196.d.4, BOL Gough.Gen.Top.200 [1757: Essai]; BOL Gough.Gen.Top.200 [1759: Recueil]; Gough Maps 105 [1766: Recueil].

Gardens:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Ordnance Survey's

1887

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560