Cheshire-Chester-1764 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18395

Map Date:

[1764]

Repository reference:

RGS 9.A.38

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:

'A plan of the City & Castle of Chester.'

Comments on map:

Plate 16 in A collection of plans of the principal cities of Great Britain and Ireland..., London: A. Dury, n.d. [1764]. Planimetry seems distorted on down-river side of city. Rather exiguous reference cp with e.g. Bristol.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

A. Dury [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.3 x 10.2

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Cathedral shaded distinctively.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: Water Tower [evidently defensive rather than potable].

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Known copies of map:

BOL C15 f.1, CUL Atlas 7.76.2, RGS 9.A.38.

Ordnance Survey's

1871-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560