Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1790
CBTM:
23117
Map Date:
1790
Repository reference:
LlGC Bute A38
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Cardiff
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST184764
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 1875
Map title:
'A map of the parishes of St John and St Marey wherein lies the town of Cardiff... 1790'.
Comments on map:
Rather faded: seems to cover 'historic core' of town. A close examination, possibly with ultra-violet light, might enable more to be squeezed from it.
Scale:
1:4752
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
80.0 x 99.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
owners, water
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Known copies of map:
LGC Maps Bute A 38 [original]; Glamorgan RO D/D Xgc 94/2/i,ii [photos].
Antiquities:
Castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Via reference: built-up area seems to be mostly excluded].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Map material:
parchment
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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