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Lancashire-Preston-1774

CBTM:
19929
Map Date:
1774
Repository reference:
Lancs RO DDK 1549/1
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Preston
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD540295
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 5331
Map title:
'A copy of the township of Preston'.
Comments on map:
According to Lancashire Record Office list, the map is by 'Lang', 1774. 'Ribbon blocks' only in Preston Town: not very informative for the built-up part. Scale is stated as 1 inch to 16 poles of 7 yards, 1:4032. The accompanying survey, to which the field numbers refer, and which is explicitly dated 1774, is at Lancashire RO DDK 1549/6.
Scale:
1:4032
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
115 x 86
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown: Only 'Chapel' appears, once: church not described.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, recreation grounds: [Racecourse with Starting Chair].
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
Lancashire RO DDK 1549/6 [original: written survey at DDK 1549/1] [Exeter 19929]; Lancashire RO SRL/E02, Preston-Harris ('rolled up in black tube') [transcript]; Lancs RO SRL/MC, Preston, Harris Library, reference library, misc. Preston maps drawer [photocopies of transcript: may be less than complete: 80 x 60 cm, 1:6336*]; Liverpool RO
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Map material:
parchment
Ordnance Survey's
1846-7
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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