Dorset-Weymouth-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18856

Map Date:

? 1830

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/11 [II]

Historic county:

Dorset

Town name:

Melcombe Regis, Weymouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SY680790

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SY 6382

Map title:

'Plan of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis, engraved for Kay's Weymouth guide.'

Comments on map:

This copy has been extended in manuscript beyond the neat line: a distinctive map.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

Sl Clapp, Weymouth [eng], G. Kay, Library, Augusta Place, Weymouth [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.2 x 21.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Shipyard symbol, at end of reference.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Defence and military:

coastguard

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing: [Bathing Machines, on foreshore, as rectangles, well above low water].

Known copies of map:

Dorset RO Photocopy 353 [1824]; TNA [PRO] T72/11 [II] [1830].

Industry:

ship yards: Pictorial triangular symbol, given at end of reference.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Monuments:

statues: [Statue of King George the 3rd].

Post and telegraphs:

flagstaff: Pictorial.

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map: ['Kay's Library'].

Ordnance Survey's

1863

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-1

1:2500

1:10,560