Dorset-Poole-1774 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19339

Map Date:

[1774]

Repository reference:

BL 456.g.5

Historic county:

Dorset

Town name:

Poole

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ011906

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SZ 0593

Comments on map:

In John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset, London: Bowyer & Nicholls, I (1774), f.p.12. Most features on map are numbered only, with letterpress reference on left.

Scale:

1:3168*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.0 x 35.0 [engraved area].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses, docks, quays: [King's Boathouse; named quay].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing: [Bathing-house: no.76]

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 456.g.5, 456.g.6, 189.f.2, G.5879, G.5880, BOL Gough Dorset 3, G.A.Fol.A.307 [1774]; Gough Maps 6 [fol 117] ['another state']; TNA [PRO] Library, CUL Ll.10.25; BL 1852.e.19, 193.g.4, G.7445-8, BOL Gough Dorset 1, CUL Ll.10.21 [1796]; BL HLL942.33, L.R.56.c.4 [1860s]; BL L.R.414.hh.2, BOL G.A.Dorset c.14/1 [1863/1973: EP Publishing]; BLML Maps 60.e.20, BOL C17:26 b1 [1774/1979: Six Dorset Town Plans, pb Dorset County Library]; Poole LHC [photocopy].

Industry:

metallurgical processing, rope walk, timber: [Timber yards include scattered 'logs'. A row of hoops (no.74) are a ropewalk.].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Dedicee of map:

Col Thomas Calcraft & Joshua Mauger, Esq. [They paid for the engraving.]

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560