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Devonshire-Tiverton-1790

CBTM:
22606
Map Date:
[1790]
Repository reference:
BL 2368.d.3(1)
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Tiverton
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SS952124
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SS 9617
Map title:
'The plan of Tiverton in the county of Devon by C. Tozer Surveyor engraved by Ezekiel'.
Comments on map:
F.p. 293 of Martin Dusford, Historical memoirs of the town and parish of Tiverton... Exeter: the author, 1790. 'Engraved for Dunsford's Historical Memoirs of Tiverton', top centre. Title page is engraved by Ezekiel, Exeter.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
C. Tozer, Surveyor [sv], Ezekiel [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
17.2 x 22.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: In-out effect suggests convenionalisation.
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Leats shown running down streets.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
BL 2368.d.3(1), 190.a.16, G.4048, 1490.ee.65, BOL Gough Devon 19 [in Martin Dunsford, Historical Memoirs of Tiverton].
Industry:
textiles: Numerous pictorial tenters.
Gardens:
shown
Service and professional:
banks
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Title on 'altar' with sacks, bales or packages around, with initials 'J & WB', 'GD', 'WL', 'BD', 'JO', 'MD', 'S & D', and tree in background.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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