Hampshire-Gosport-1753 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18568

Map Date:

1753

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPE 1/516

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 and fortifications of Gosport with the land thereto belonging 1753.'

Scale:

1:2400

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.5 x 40.5

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Intended Fortifications, and land required for them.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Hodson's no.84(d), 84(e). TNA [PRO] MPE 1/516, MPE 1/388 [copy].

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