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Hampshire-Whitchurch-1730

CBTM:
21166
Map Date:
1730
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.14.52.11.Tab
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Whitchurch
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SU462481
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 4949
Map title:
'A true copy of the Lawrence Survey of the burrough of Whitchurch in the county of Southmton taken in the year 1730.', 'A copy of ye survey the town of Whitchurch upon a larger scale in the year 1730'.
Comments on map:
The relationship of this to another copy of this survey in the BLML [Exeter 19864] is not clear. Scales (in perches) appear to be 1:1188 for the larger plan and 1:2376 for the smaller. Reference to leaseholders and freeholders. Certification by the mayor that is a true copy of the survey presented at the Borough Court on 8 [?] November 1730.
Scale:
1:1188
Map-maker:
[Thomas Lawrence [sv].]
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
82.0 x 70.0 [bow-end].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, other: Evidently agricultural ground: green.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps K.Top.14.52.11 Tab.
Map material:
parchment
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1871-2
1:2500
1:10,560
1894
1:2500
1:10,560
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