Hampshire-Gosport-1751 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18522

Map Date:

1751

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.XIV.23

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Gosport

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ621998

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 6203

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Gosport with the new fortifications...'

Scale:

1:2400

Map-maker:

John Peter Desmartez [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

72.0 x 50.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Hodson's no.84(a); BLML K.Top.14.23 [original]; BOL (E)C17:70 Portsmouth 32 [maps], G14/C17:32 [text] [no.10 in Donald Hodson, Early Portsmouth Maps (Portsmouth Record Series, Portfolio I, 1978)].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1856-62

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1872

1:500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560