Dorset-Shaftesbury-1799
CBTM:
18836
Map Date:
20.10.1799
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T.72/11 [I]
Historic county:
Dorset
Town name:
Shaftesbury
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST862229
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 8324
Map title:
[In dedication:] '...Shaftesbury... plan of the town...'.
Comments on map:
Well-engraved map. Long potted history of town at bottom of map, on either side of town arms: includes the information that 'Shaftesbury is delightfully situated on a high Hill... The Air is pure & very salubrious but the high Situation of the Town makes it rather cold.' Scale measured as about 21.7 inches to 1 mile (1:2920).
Scale:
1:2920
Map-maker:
W. Upjohn [sv, pb], T.I. Woodman [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
64.5 x 48.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Anglican parish churches are pictorial; conventional rather than convincing.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 2195(6), CUL Ll.10.22 [1799]; BOL Gough Dorset 2, Dorset RO D1/KL 34 [1803]; K.Top.12.9.2 [1820]; TNA [PRO] T72/11 [I]; [also included in Hutchins, ed 2, f.p. 391].
Industry:
textiles, timber
Gardens:
shown: [Usual enigmatic variety of patterns].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Reference to churches and public buildings include 'Late Sr. T. Arundell's House': was formerly the seat of the family].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Hand holds ribbons, from which hyancinths extend. Hand and arm are the pudgy female sort.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
'Section of the hill, from the west end of St James's street, to the middle of Park...', vertical scale about 0.45-inch: 100 ft, with little conventional houses and lollipop trees.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
distance-graduated type: Graduated in fifths of furlongs, i.e. 2 chains.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Bottom centre: fleur-de-lys & leopards].
Cemeteries:
shown
Walls, embankments, etc:
Pictorial walls, fences and hedges contribute to an above-average quality map.
Dedicee of map:
Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, Baron Cooper of Powlett, Somersett, Lord of the Manor of Shaftesbury, and patron of churches in the town.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
some inns
Ordnance Survey's
1885
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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