Leicestershire-Leicester-1741
CBTM:
20865
Map Date:
1741
Repository reference:
Leicester Municipal Library, local studies
Historic county:
Leicestershire
Town name:
Leicester
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK584044
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 5904
Map title:
'... A true plan or ground-plot of the ancient corporation of Leicester with the adjacent parts.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy of Leicestershire RO 4D65. Dedication and title also contain some historical notes. Scale is stated to be 1 inch to 264 feet, and is evidently gradfuated in feet. Delineated and drawn by Roberts.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Thos Roberts [sv, dr], M.V.dr Gucht [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
64.0 x 51.5 [but evidently cropped to left and right].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Churches, etc, pictorial: other buildings by ribbons of hatching punctuated by triangles with dots in them (like an Ordnance Survey trig. symbol), and rectangles for 'chimneys': the effect aimed at is roofs with gables; most unusual.
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (pictorial): The Castle Mill on the Soar has a pictorial windmill symbol superimposed.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative: Including old town hall.
Defence and military:
town gates, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
fairgrounds, markets: [Horse Ffayer].
Woodland:
shown, orchards: The 'orchard' symbol is so generally used that it might also, or instead, be intended for gardens and ornamental ground.
Known copies of map:
Leicestershire RO 4D65 [original?]; Leicestershire RO [open access: photo]; Leicester Municipal Library [photocopy of 4D65]; NLS 6.1898 [in The growth of Leicester, Leicester UP, 1970, p.40].
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Antiquities:
Castle, The Mount, Hermitage, various monastic names, might all be interpreted thus.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: 'Scroll'.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top centre: 'S.Prospect', stylised, with implausible high hills in background.
Crosses:
multiple crosses, named, (pictorial): [High Cross and apparently other smaller crosses].
Arms and heraldry:
uncertain: Star-like: city?
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Cemeteries:
shown: [An old church yard].
Dedicee of map:
Mayor, recorder, aldermen, common council, gentlemen and clergy of the borough, and nobility, gentry & clergy of the county.
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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