Devonshire-Exeter-1724 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18306

Map Date:

[1724]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.26.e.7, Devon & Exeter Institution (map chest).

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:

'Isca Dumnoniorum. 19 Aug 1723'.

Comments on map:

In: William Stukeley, Itinerarium curiosum. Or, an account of the antiquitys and remarkable curiositys in nature or art, observ'd in travels thro' Great Britain. Illustrated with copper prints. Centuria I., London, author, 1724, plate 73. Bottom left: 'Gulielmo Mufgrave M.D. Gulielmi filio Amico fuo d.d. W. Stukeley'; below, 'Stukeley delin'; bottom r, 'Parker Scul.' Scale measured as about 1 inch to 520 feet, i.e. 1:6240. Looks as though Exeter 18305 was used as a basis.

Scale:

1:6240

Map-maker:

William Stukeley [author], Parker [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.8 x 27.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

fragmentary

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Notable buildings pictorial; others shown in plan with regular 'battlement' effect.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Cathedral is shown in plan with piers.

Public buildings:

central government

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps c.26.e.7, BOL Gough Gen.Top. 55, CUL [no location], Devon & Exeter Institution, West Country Studies Library LM B/EXE/1723/STU;

Relief:

prominent hills

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

River is named in both English and Latin, and contains three ships.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500