Huntingdonshire-Huntingdon-1768
CBTM:
18598
Map Date:
1.10.1768
Repository reference:
RGS 1.C.107
Historic county:
Huntingdonshire
Town name:
Huntingdon
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL238718
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 2370
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Huntingdon'.
Comments on map:
Inset on 1:31,680 'The county of Huntingdon, surveyed anno MDCCLXVI, and engraved by Thomas Jeffreys Geographer to His Majesty MDCCLXVIII.' Main map is dedicated to the Duke of Manchester.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
Thomas Jeffreys [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
28.8 x 33.4 [maximum: irregular].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Well.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: All Saints & St Mary appear with tower and building, St Bennets as tower only, St John as just a space.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: 'Castle Hills', hachured.
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.16.4 11 Tab.End, Maps 2955(12), BOL C17 a.5, Gough Maps Huntingdon 7, CUL Atlas.2.76.7 9-, Maps.bb.17.G.13-, Maps.aa.17.G.57 1-6, Huntingdon RO 1111 (photo), Huntingdon Library Print Map 1, St Ives Norris Museum, RGS 1.C.107 [1768]; CUL Maps.aa.66.80.1-, RGS Eng & Wales D.33 [1804].
River and foreshore features:
springs
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
slopes shown
Commons:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Ordnance Survey's
1884
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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