Somerset-Frome-1838 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23417

Map Date:

5.1838

Repository reference:

Somerset RO DD/CC 16336

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Frome

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST777478

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 7747

Map title:

'Map of the parish of Frome Selwood Somerset shewing its quinquepartite ecclesiastical division.'

Comments on map:

Purpose unclear: only included on grounds of scale.

Scale:

1:19,008

Map-maker:

Dixon & Maitland, Surveyors [authors].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.2 x 52.2

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Only outlying buildings shown.

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, misc: Asylum.

Public/administrative boundaries:

ecclesiastical districts

Known copies of map:

Somerset RO DD/CC 16336, DD/LW/212.

Industry:

textiles

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: 'Longleat. The Seat of the Marquess Bath, Patron of the Churches.'

Stated measuerments:

other: Distances by road to boundary from town in miles and chains.