Devonshire-Bideford-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18878

Map Date:

? 1836

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/12

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Bideford

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SS453269

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SS 4428

Map title:

'Bideford. From the Ordnance Survey'.

Comments on map:

Pencil note, top right: 'To be proceeded with without a moments delay' [evidently by R.K. Dawson].

Scale:

1:15,840

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.0 x 32.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/12 [original manuscript]; printed version originally prepared for inclusion in B.P.P. (H.C.) 1837 (238) XXVI.1, Report of the Commissioners appointed to report and advise upon the boundaries and wards of certain boroughs and corporate towns, (England and Wales.) Part I. Copies noted in local collections: North Devon RO 2379A/Z38/33.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore: [Shows low water only upstream of Bideford Bridge: an odd effect].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

There is also a gummed-on section of Ordnance Survey 1:63,360 Old Series, with note by R.K. Dawson not to engrave low water line.

Ordnance Survey's

1885

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560