Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1781 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18782

Map Date:

1781

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/9

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:

'A plan of the city of Gloucester.'

Comments on map:

Slightly cropped copy: long historical note at foot of map, outside frame, straddling city arms.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

R. Hall and T. Pinnel [sv, dr], H. Mutlow [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64.0 x 70.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls: The Ancient Fortification are shown in hairline.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.13.67.2, BOL Gough Maps Gloucestershire 15, BOL C17 a.4, CUL Maps.aa.62.78.1, Gloucester Library, TNA [PRO] T72/9; Gloucester Library [1855 copy].

Industry:

glass, lime/cement

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Priories, Black Friars.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Vignettes of cathedral, three churches, and infirmary.

Borders:

distance-graduated type: Graduated in furlongs and chains: no scale bars.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560