Derbyshire-Derby-1767 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18471

Map Date:

[1767]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPC 1/182

Historic county:

Derbyshire

Town name:

Derby

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK352366

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 3535

Map title:

'A plan of Derby.'

Comments on map:

Originally recorded from reproduction by Derbyshire Archaeological Society, 1975, which uses the 1791 state of the plates: the introduction by J.B. Harley et al indicates that the map of Derby, inset on the county map, was not altered. Not much text.

Scale:

1:5760

Map-maker:

P.P. Burdett [sv, dr], Thos Kitchin [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28.5 x 28.5 [on imitation 'separate sheet', and irregular].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2050(7), CUL Atlas.2.76.6,1, Maps.AA.57.76.1 [1767]; BLML Maps 2050(3), BOL C17 a.3, CUL Maps.R.b.13, Atlas.1.76.1,2, TNA [PRO] MPC 1/182, RGS Eng & Wales D.14 [1791]; Sheffield Library, local studies, 912.4251.SF [J.B. Harley reissue].

Industry:

metallurgical processing, furniture/pottery, textiles

River and foreshore features:

springs

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560