Rutland-Oakham-1781 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18604

Map Date:

24.6.1781

Repository reference:

RGS England & Wales S/D 72

Historic county:

Rutland

Town name:

Oakham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK861098

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 8604

Map title:

'Plan of Oakham'.

Comments on map:

Inset on Armstrong's 1:63,360 county map of Rutland dedicated to the nobility, gentry and subscribers. Very similar to the Armstrong maps of Grimsby and Louth [Exeter 18599-18600], and similarly more schematic than scaled.

Scale:

1:7920*

Map-maker:

Capt. Andw. Armstrong [sv], Jn. Luffman, 85 London Wall [eng], R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 53 Fleet St [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

14.3 x 11.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top. 36.3, Maps 4810(6), BOL Gough Maps Rutland 5, BOL (E)C17:52(5), CUL Atlas.2.77.2,13, RGS Eng & Wales S/D 72.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

tithe barns

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:2500

1:10,560