Herefordshire-Hereford-1806 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18405

Map Date:

1.4.1806

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

Historic county:

Herefordshire

Town name:

Hereford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO510400

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 5140

Map title:

'Hereford'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England & Wales and 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.

Scale:

1:7200

Map-maker:

G. Cole [dr], J. Roper [eng], E.W. Brayley [dir].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.6 x 23.9

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Well, at road junction.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17 c.5, RGS 7.E.7 [1806-10]; 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].

Industry:

timber, misc: Coal Yard.

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Monastic sites.

Waterbodies:

shown, misc: Moats.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: cathedral and river.

Commons:

shown

Crosses:

cross, named: [The Crofs].

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Castle Green.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560