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Hampshire-Portsmouth-1740

CBTM:
18573
Map Date:
1740
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/292
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Portsmouth
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SZ635995
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 6203
Map title:
'Plan of the garrison of Portsmouth shewing the line design'd for the better security of his majesty's dock yard also the land purchased by the Government for that service. 1740.'
Comments on map:
Scale measured as 13.75 inches to 0.5 mile, 1:2304.
Scale:
1:2304
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
95.2 x 68.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, other: Hedges, proposed fortifications.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: In town: more refined elsewhere and in dockyard.
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: [Gun and Anchor wharves; dock yard buildings shown in detail, but not described].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
barracks, magazines/arsenals, misc.: Saluting platform, governors house, proposed fortifications; lengths along various sections of existing and proposed lines.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Hodson's no.60(a, b, c). TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/292 [3 copies].
Waterbodies:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1861
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1880-5
1:500
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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