Monmouthshire-Abergavenny-1760 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21321

Map Date:

1760

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.31.5.A

Historic county:

Monmouthshire

Town name:

Abergavenny

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO300140

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 2715

Map title:

'A map of Abergavenny. 1760. Cop'd from an original Draught taken on the spot by Mr Thomas Lewis Servt. to Sr Edwd. Williams Bart. Colonel of the Militia.'

Comments on map:

Notes on town, top right, and name, bottom right.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Thomas Lewis [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.5 x 42.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

land-use: Trees and river-banks green.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Most black: town centre stippled: odd.

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

misc.: Guard House.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

misc: Fives Court.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.31.5(A).

Antiquities:

Castle, Priory.

Ordnance Survey's

1878-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560