Devonshire-Tavistock-1790 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18250

Map Date:

? 1790

Repository reference:

Devon RO 49/5/1

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Tavistock

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX482744

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 4871

Comments on map:

No title: scale bar bottom centre, above which is note that Tavistock is an ancient town, giving its name to the Marquis of Tavistock, note about the abbey, note of the fairs, and note that numbers relate to Bound Stones. Reference to 12 buildings, bottom left and right. A puzzling map.

Scale:

1:10,560

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.0 x 32.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use, decorative, other: Coats of arms in full colour; hachures hand-coloured; borough boundary red.

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, boundary markers: [Hand-coloured. Numbers for Bound Stones, cf note above title].

Known copies of map:

Devon RO 49/5/1.

Relief:

slopes shown: In manuscript.

Borders:

decorative

Arms and heraldry:

principal landowner.: [Two, flanking reference: that to left has motto 'Che sara sara' [Dukes of Bedford], that to right 'Crescit. sub. pondere. virtus.'].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Arable and grass shown, by colour.

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560