Herefordshire-Hereford-1786 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21044

Map Date:

21.8.1786

Repository reference:

BLML Maps * 2755 (4)

Historic county:

Herefordshire

Town name:

Hereford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO510040

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 5140

Map title:

'A general plan of the city of Hereford.'

Comments on map:

Inset on '...New map of the county of Hereford...', 1:63,360. 'The authors design in inserting this small Plan of the City, was Chiefly to give a general Idea of it to Strangers; for which purpose he hopes it Sufficient; but for particulars, he Refers to his large Plan on a Scale of twelve poles to one inch, neatly Ornamented with Views.'

Scale:

1:9504*

Map-maker:

Isaac Taylor [author], William Faden, Geographer to the King, Corner of St Martins Lane, Charing Cross [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.7 x 16.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, misc: Cloysters at Cathedral.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Maps Hereford 2,24 [2 copies], CUL Atlas.2.73.3 13-, Maps.c.64.75.1 1-2 [1754]; BLML Maps *2755(4), BOL C17 a.5, CUL Maps.b.64.78.1, RGS Eng & Wales D.30 [1786: Faden [pb]].

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Monastic remains, gates, walls, Castle Green.

Dedicee of map:

[Main map:] The worthy subscribers, particularly those nobility and gentry who honoured Taylor with their assistance.

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560