Hertfordshire-St Albans-1726
CBTM:
22418
Map Date:
1726
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top VI.69
Historic county:
Hertfordshire
Town name:
St Albans
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL144071
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 1506
Map title:
'St Albans...'
Comments on map:
Inset on 'The counties of Essex Middlesex & Hertfordshire', about 1:144,000: a close copy of Oliver (1700) [Exeter 22413].
Scale:
1:14,256
Map-maker:
Phil. Overton, Mapseller in Fleet Street, Tho. Bowles, Mapseller in St Pauls Church Yard [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
14.8 x 11.8 [inset].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
watermills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
misc.: Ton-man Ditch.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL K.Top.VI.69, BOL 2027 a.50, CUL Maps.AA.36.72.1.
Gardens:
shown
Antiquities:
'Parte of the Ancient City Verolam', demolished churches, abbey ruins.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Around dedication.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Dedicee of map:
Tho. Gape Esq.
Ordnance Survey's
1877-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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