Leicestershire-Leicester-1777
CBTM:
18231
Map Date:
? 1777
Repository reference:
[Private collection]
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 Plan of Leicester'.
Comments on map:
Inset on Prior's 1:63,360 map of Leicestershire, surveyed 1773-7: recoded from J.D. Welding (ed), Leicestershire in 1777, (Leicester, Leicestershire Libraries, 1984), with compensated dimensions and scale.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
John Prior [sv].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24.3 x 30.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Buildings indicated by 'ribbon development'.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
orchards: Symbol may double-up for gardens.
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3260 (7), BOL C17 a.7, CUL Atlas.1.76.1,12, RGS Eng & Wales D.39 [1777]; BLML Maps 3260 (8), CUL Maps.aa.69.80.1-, RGS Eng & Wales D.39 [1804]; BOL G.A.Leic.c.32=G.24/C17.19, CUL Atlas.5.98.135 [1777/1984: J.D.Welding (ed), Leicestershire in 1777, (Leicester, Leicestershire Libraries, 1984)].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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