Gloucestershire-Tewkesbury-1798 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20892

Map Date:

[1798]

Repository reference:

Gloucestershire RO [open access].

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Tewkesbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO893326

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8736

Map title:

'Plan of Tewkesbury.'

Comments on map:

In W. Dyde, History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury: Dyde & Son, 1798, f.p.[25].

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Smith [author], J. Ross [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

10.8 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Shading of inns.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 578.d.18 [1790]; BL 290.g.43, G.15976, G.15977.1, BOL Gough Gloucestershire 14, Gloucestershire RO (open access) [original] [1798: in W. Dyde, History & Antiquities of Tewkesbury, pb Dyde & Sons, 2nd ed, 1798]; BLML Maps 47.d.43, BOL Gl. C17.3, RGS 14.A.109 [facsimile in A Gloucestershire & Bristol Atlas, pl.23, Bristol & Gloucester Archaeological Soc, 1961]; Gloucestershire RO (open acess) [in Kathleen Rodd, The book of Tewkesbury, Buckingham, Barracuda Books, 1986, rear endpaper].

Antiquities:

Abbey Gateway.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: Shown by shading.

Tenement boundaries group:

very incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-1

1:2500

1:10,560