Dorset-Wareham-1750 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23370

Map Date:

? 1750

Repository reference:

Dorset RO D/RWR/E18

Historic county:

Dorset

Town name:

Wareham

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SY923873

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SY 9690

Map title:

'A rough draft of the Borough of Wareham'.

Comments on map:

Purpose unclear: areas numbered: associated surveys of 1747 and 1753.

Scale:

1:1200*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

51.0 x 56.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

water, boundaries, owners, other: Areas numbered in red.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

quays: Pictorial sailing vessels in river.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Dorset RO D/RWR/E18 [associated surveys of 1747 and 1753 at D/RWR/E16].

Antiquities:

Priory.

Map material:

parchment

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560