Cheshire-Chester-1745
CBTM:
19651
Map Date:
? 1745
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.9.4
Historic county:
Cheshire
Town name:
Chester
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ405665
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 4166
Map title:
'Plan of the city & castle of Chester survey'd and drawn by Alexander De Lavaux engineer.'
Comments on map:
Style very reminiscent of Rocque's. Scale measured as 1 inch to 280 feet: 1:3360.
Scale:
1:3360
Map-maker:
Alexander De Lavaux [sv, dr], R. Parr [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90.0 x 62.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds: [Starting and Distance Chairs: racecourse not named].
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.9.4, BOL Gough Maps Cheshire 4, Cheshire RO PM 18/3 [1745]; CUL Maps.aa.54.75.2 [1750].
Industry:
timber: ['Planks' in Timber Yard].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: Named pictorial may poles.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Two: for dedication, top left, and title, bottom right. Animal supporters, flags and cannon decorate the dedication; city arms, at head of title, flanked on left by boat, anchor and discreetly naked bearded man crawling with emptying urn (Atlas?), and on right by crowned female with sword and book, sitting on bale with curious markings [? 'W.S. no.270'], with mace and barrel to right.
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Symbolic elements:
Animal supporters, flags, cannon: decorate dedication; city arms, boat, anchor, [?] Atlas, crowned female, sword, book, bale, mace, barrel: around title.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in river.
Arms and heraldry:
dedicee of map, municipal: [Dedicee's (presumed) arms above dedication, with animal supporters].
Dedicee of map:
Rt Hon George, Earl of Cholmondeley, Governour & Chamberlain of the City & Castle of Chester and Lord Lieutenant of the county.
Ordnance Survey's
1871-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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