Lancashire-Middleton-1767
CBTM:
19321
Map Date:
1767
Repository reference:
Middleton Library Local Studies
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Middleton
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SD870060
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 9004
Map title:
'A plan of lands in the township of Middleton belonginging to the late Sr Raphe Assheton Bart taken by order of the guardians of Miss Eleanor Assheton and Harbord Harbord Esqe. by Hugh Oldham 1767'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy, with transcript of schedule on back. Scale measured as 1 inch to 17 poles, i.e. 119 yards (1:4284). Fields numbered: reference elsewhere.
Scale:
1:4284
Map-maker:
Hugh Oldham [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
124 x 59
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Own & neighbours ring fences.
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use, uncertain: Land-colouring.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Middleton Library Local Studies [copy]; [also transcript of 'town centre'].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: two cows and church.
Ordnance Survey's
1848
1:1056
1:10,560
1889
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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