Dorset-Weymouth-1790 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22337

Map Date:

? 1790

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.BB.59.78.1

Historic county:

Dorset

Town name:

Weymouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SY680790

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SY 6382

Map title:

'A plan of Weymouth to be had only at Mr Delamotte's Library on the Esplanade.'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1785 in CUL cards, but perhaps a product of King George III's visit a few years later.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

Gale, Engraver, Crooked Lane, London [eng], Mr Delamottee, Esplanade, Weymouth [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38.0 x 30.7 [engraved area: plate 39.3 x 31.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Look-out.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.BB.59.78.1.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown: Varied vegetation ornament: includes The Shrubbery.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: The Old Rooms.

Relief:

shown partially

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

A hand points to Gloster Lodge: evidently a later addition. Pictorial shipping in sea: five pictorial bathing machines setting out from the beach.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

soundings: Two only.

Ordnance Survey's

1863

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-1

1:2500

1:10,560