Devonshire-Exeter-1723 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18266

Map Date:

[1723]

Repository reference:

Devon RO [open access]

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Exeter

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX921924

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 9392

Map title:

'A True Plan of the City of Excester

Comments on map:

In Richard Izacke, 'improv'd and continued' Samuel Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter, London: Score, etc, 1723. Scale seems to be 1 inch to 480 feet, i.e. 1:5760.

Scale:

1:5760

Map-maker:

Sutton Nicholls [dr, eng], Score [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.8 x 25.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Cathedral shown in plan with piers.

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, misc.: Snail Tower.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BL 290.i.7 [1723]; CUL; Devon RO open access S474.d.72.13; Devon & Exeter Institution [original & copies]; MM B/EXE/1723/NIC; BL 578.d.29, BOL Gough Devon 2 [1724]; BL 578.d.30, BOL Gough Devon 3 [1731]; BL G.15979, BOL Gough Devon 35 [1734]; BOL Gough Devon 9 [1741]; BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.II, part II [?]; BOL MS Top.Devon b.6 (f.138 & 147) [?]; [Constable says that the book was reissued in 1724, 1731, 1734, 1741 and 1757: see T.N.Brushfield, 'Richard Izacke and his ''Antiquities of Exeter''', Trans. Devonsh. Assn, XXV, 1893.]

Industry:

textiles: Tenters.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Ships on river.

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500