Dorset-Dorchester-1724 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19662

Map Date:

[1724]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.26.e.7

Historic county:

Dorset

Town name:

Dorchester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SY690906

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SY 7192

Map title:

'Dvrnovaria. Aug.22.1723'.

Comments on map:

In William Stukeley, Itinerarium curiosum, London: author, 1724, plate 77. Scale measured as 1 inch to 100 paces: 1:6000.

Scale:

1:6000

Map-maker:

Stukeley [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.0 x 27.2

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Gen Top 55, Gough Maps 41J Fol.27, Gough Maps 29 Fol 17, Gough Gen Top 56, D2.9 Art, CUL [1723-4]; BLML Maps c.26.e.7, BOL D3.9 Art [1776]; BLML K.38.7.1.

Antiquities:

Maumbury or The Ampitheater.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:10,560