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Hampshire-Gosport-1742

CBTM:
18567
Map Date:
1742
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPE 1/386
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Gosport
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SZ631998
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 6203
Map title:
'Plan of the town and fortifications of Gosport, together with the Crown lands thereunto belonging, & forts adjacent. 1742'.
Comments on map:
Adequately described by the title; reference is mostly to lands purchased or proposed for certain defence uses.
Scale:
1:2400
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72.7 x 51.4
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use
Road names:
important roads only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
misc.: Proposed further defences.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Hodson's no.83(a), 83(b). TNA [PRO] MPE 1/386, MPE 1/387 [draft or copy].
Industry:
rope walk
Map material:
parchment
Ordnance Survey's
1856-62
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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