Hampshire-Winchester-1805 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18486

Map Date:

1.2.1805

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Winchester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU482292

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 4730

Map title:

'Winchester'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England and Wales and the The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810. This is in fact a close copy of the Milne-Faden map of 1791 [Exeter 18553], but with a few additional names, e.g. Pent House, St Michael's Church. Scale measured as 2.20 inches to 2000 feet, i.e. 1:10,909.

Scale:

1:10,800

Map-maker:

J. Roper [dr], G. Cole [eng], J. Britton [dir].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.7 x 23.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, misc.: Bar Ditch, Castle Ditch.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: Including library.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17 c.5, Montagu Illustr.41, Hampshire RO M.350, RGS 7.E.7 [originals]; BOL C17 d.31 1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

'Market place during the plague, 1625'.

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: vignette of cathedral, etc, from north-west.

Relief:

slopes shown

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

The Pent House.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal, misc: 'Arms & supporters, of the town, county, & corporation of Southampton'.

Ordnance Survey's

1868-70

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:2500

1:10,560