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Herefordshire-Hereford-1806

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
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