Hampshire-Southampton-1791 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18554

Map Date:

1791

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MR 1/719

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:

'Plan of the town of Southampton 1791... Surveyed by T. Milne.'

Comments on map:

Originally recorded from Margary-Laxton (1976). Inset on Milne-Faden 1:63,360 map of Hampshire, surveyed 1788-90. Scale measured as 2.12 inches to 2 furlongs, 1:7471.

Scale:

1:7440

Map-maker:

Thos Milne [sv], W. Faden ['executed', pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.7 x 24.1

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Intended Piers.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, tunnel

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, wharfs, misc: Intended Piers.

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

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, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2550(9), 2550(8), K.Top.14.6.11 Tab.End, BOL C17 a.5, CUL Maps.b.17.G.3, Maps.R.a.21, TNA [PRO] MR 1/719, RGS Eng & Wales D.28, Southampton RO [1791]; [1976: Harry Margary]; Southampton Library [photocopy]; 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:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, rope walk: [Sugar House].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: [Spa Well (Mineral)], Long Room.

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

slopes shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Noah's Ark [by water's edge: unclear what this is].

Ordnance Survey's

1865-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560