Portsmouth-1784
CBTM:
18578
Map Date:
1784
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1350
Town name:
Gosport, Ryde, Portsmouth, Landport, Southsea, Titchfield
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SZ635995
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 6203
Comments on map:
Only included on grounds of scale. This can perhaps be interpreted as 'coastal zone' rather than topographic mapping.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Murdoch Mackenzie [sv], Board of Ordnance [? dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
129 x 120
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Hydrographic contours and layers: Hampshire side only.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: [In adequate detail for the scale, undescribed].
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown: On Isle of Wight only.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Haslar Hospital.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Hodson's no.6 (a-e), 9 (a-e). TNA [PRO] MR 1/569 MR 1/1181, MR 1/1350, MR 1/1358 [original]; Portsmouth Library, Portsmouth RO [photos].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown
Relief:
slopes shown: Plateau-like.
Commons:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1856-62
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
1858-63
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1861
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1880-5
1:500
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1863
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1859-62
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1859-66
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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