Hampshire-Southampton-1771 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19855

Map Date:

28.8.1771

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 144.e.2

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Southampton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU425115

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 4513

Map title:

'A plan of Southampton and of the Polygon.'

Scale:

1:2640

Map-maker:

P. Mazell [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.8 x 45.0

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Blocks only.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, wharfs, misc: Platform.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, sports grounds: [Bathing Houses].

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.14.48, Maps 144.e.2, BOL Gough Maps Hampshire 8, Southampton RO [original]; BLML Maps 31.c.61, BOL C17:70 Southampton a.1 [maps], G8/C17.52 [text], CUL Maps.aa.63.96.1 [maps], S696.c.96.73 [introduction], Hampshire RO B1876 Shelf 10, RGS 1.A.185, Southampton RO [1964: in Edwin Welch, Southampton maps from Elizabethan times, an introduction to 24 facsimiles, 1550-1945, Southampton Record Series, IX, City of Southampton Library, 1964].

Industry:

food/drink, rope walk

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: 'Plan of the intended Polygon', 1:6336.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Noahs Ark [on the waterfront].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only: ['The Hotel' at The Polygon].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Ordnance Survey's

1865-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560