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Cheshire-Chester-1791

CBTM:
18827
Map Date:
1.10.1791
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.9.6, TNA [PRO] T72/8
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 new & accurate plan of the City of Chester. Delin. & engr. by Murray & Stuart, Chester.'
Comments on map:
On thin paper, complete: needs a reference, which must be on separate plate or letterpress: was engraved for A concise history of Cheshire. Probably a source for the Roper-Cole-Britton-British Atlas map [Exeter 18400].
Scale:
1:7128
Map-maker:
Murray & Stuart [dr, eng], Jno. Poole [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.0 x 25.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown, basins/docks: Bason with Fire Bk and Coal Yd.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds: [Race course not named: with starting chairs for 2 year old colts and aged horses, as on British Atlas [Exeter 18400]].
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.9.6, BOL Gough Ches.14, [1791]; TNA [PRO] T72/8 [n.d., ? 1820s: James Stuart].
Industry:
lime/cement, engineering, rope walk, textiles, timber, uncertain: Steam Mill, [Lead Works with Shot Tower].
Gardens:
shown: [Various patterns].
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Chain of leaves and ? flowers around top of title, with city arms, sword, mace, plumes, diadem and 'Ich Dein'.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Symbolic elements:
Sword, mace, plumes, diadem, 'Ich Dein'.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial ships in river.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ordnance Survey's
1871-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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