Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1712 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21538

Map Date:

[1712]

Repository reference:

BL G.3911

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Gloucester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO831186

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8318

Map title:

'Gloster City Tho: Brown Esq. Alderman.'

Comments on map:

f.p. 82-3 in Sir Robert Atkyns, The ancient and present state of Glostershire, London: Gosling, 1712. As much a birds-eye-view as a plan: no text.

Scale:

1:6000*

Map-maker:

T. Kip [dr, eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.5 x 32.3 [map: plate 44.0 x 35.5].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

town gates, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

BL 1855.b.20, 189.f.1, G.3911, BOL G.A.Glos.b.2, CUL Ll.10.11 [1712: in Sir R. Atkyns, The ancient & present state of Glostershire]; Gloucester Library [1712/-: photos]; BL Tab.583.f.59, 578.l.13, BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.II, part IV, Gough Gloucester 4 = R [1768]; BL X.805/276, BOL G.A.Glouc. c.31 (2) [1974: EP Publishing]; BL X.709/18517, BOL G.A.Glouc. 8o 565 [1975: in J.R.S. Whiting, Gloucester besieged 1640-1660, City Museums]; BL X.809/63483 [1984: Whiting, ed 2].

Industry:

uncertain: Industrial-looking ? kilns, etc, by river.

Gardens:

shown

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial): [Near city centre].

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560