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Devonshire-Chudleigh-1754

CBTM:
23333
Map Date:
? 1754
Repository reference:
RGS England & Wales S/S 305
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Chudleigh
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX868796
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 8579
Map title:
'A plan of the town of Chudleigh in Devonshire
Comments on map:
Note at top that is 'Copy' and at bottom that it seems to have been his first plan, thereby attracting the attention of the Vicar of Chudleigh. RGS catalogue says 1754: no date on map.
Scale:
1:3600*
Map-maker:
J. Rennell [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.5 x 20.0
Number of parts:
1
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards: By annotation.
Known copies of map:
RGS Eng & Wales S/S 305 [512714].
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Rococco.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
dedicee of map
Dedicee of map:
Hugh, Lord Clifford, Baron of Chudleigh.
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:2500
1:10,560
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