Devonshire-Barnstaple-1772 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22900

Map Date:

? 1772

Repository reference:

BL X.800/37019

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Barnstaple

Map type:

Highways

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SS558333

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SS 5633

Comments on map:

On pp 90-91 of Lois Lamplugh, Barnstaple: town on the Taw, Chichester: Phillimore, 1983, where is captioned 'A tracing from Bruce Oliver's copy of the Barnstaple Bridge Trust Plan of 1772. On the original the properties belonging to the Trust at that time are shown.'

Scale:

1:2500*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25 x 36 [transcript].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, misc: Slips, 'New Works'.

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, misc: Sink [in street].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL X.800/37019, BOL G.A. Devon 4o 284 [1983: transcript in Lois Lamplugh, Town on the Taw, Chichester: Phillimore, 1983].

Industry:

lime/cement, uncertain

Antiquities:

Ruins of the Castle.

Landowners and occupiers:

corporation/municipal: [Land near castle belonging to Corporation].

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Banquetting House.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1885

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560