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Somerset-Chewton Mendip-1740

CBTM:
23398
Map Date:
1740
Repository reference:
Somerset RO DD/WG
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Chewton Mendip
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST592532
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 5953
Map title:
'A survey of the manor of Chewton in the County of Somerset belonging to the Rt Honourable James Earl of Waldegrave, Viscount of Chewton...'.
Comments on map:
Reference at DD/WG Box 9, nos 8, 9. Scales of half a mile, perches, yards and chains.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
John Rocque [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
307 x 168
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, land-use
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
Somerset RO DD/WG
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: For both title and scale.
Relief:
prominent hills
Arms and heraldry:
principal landowner.: [Above title].
Map material:
parchment
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:2500
1:10,560
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