Hampshire-Gosport-1716 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22689

Map Date:

[1716]

Repository reference:

BOL MS Gough Misc. Antiq. 2

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Gosport

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ621998

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 6203

Map title:

'The plan of Gosport'.

Comments on map:

In a volume, 'A survey and description of Wevil... Done in 1716', dedicated to Hon. Ioaa. Oaks. Map resembles military ones, in that only streets and fortifications are shown.

Scale:

1:2400*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.5 x 44.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

Hodson's no. 80. BOL MS Gough Misc.Antiq.2.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: cross-section of 'the Works', with scale of 'Fathams'.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Ordnance Survey's

1856-62

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1872

1:500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560