Isle of Wight-Newport-1795 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19872

Map Date:

4.8.1795

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2655 (42)

Historic county:

Isle of Wight

Town name:

Newport

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ491891

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SZ 4989

Map title:

'A plan of the town of Newport.'

Comments on map:

Appears to derive from Andrews (1775) [Exeter 19871], but omits chuch and public buildings (though it retains the churchyard, counted here as a cemetery). For John Albin, Vectiana or a companion to the Isle of Wight.

Scale:

1:6720

Map-maker:

J. Malham [author], S. Neele, 352 Strand, London [eng], John Albin, Newport, Isle of Wight [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.0 x 12.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2655(42), CUL Maps.D.63.79.1 [1795]; BL 578.c.31, 289.h.12, CUL VIII.5.27 [1795: in John Albin, Vectiana or a companion to the Isle of Wight]; BL 10368.aa.19 [1802]; CUL Maps.aa.63.80.1 [1805]; BL 10368.aaa.45, BOL G.A.Hants 8o 81 [1807: Vectiana, ed 6, 1808]; BL 10360.bbb.49 [1818: ed 8]; BL 1303.c.21 [1823: ed 8]; BL 10368.bb.12 [ed 8, 1831].

Gardens:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Rt Hon Thomas Orde Powlett, Governor of the Isle of Wight.

Ordnance Survey's

1862

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560