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Somerset-Frome-1840

CBTM:
23416
Map Date:
1840
Repository reference:
Somerset RO DD/LW/214
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Frome
Map type:
Highways
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST777478
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 7747
Map title:
'Frome Selwood 1840.'
Comments on map:
Purpose seems to be to indicate proposed street improvements: the more outlying ones do not seem to have been realised. Various letters and numbers: no explanation provided.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Richard Dixon [dr], A. Pocock [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.0 x 58.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Proposed improvements.
Colouring:
other: Churches: grey: hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Outlines only of outlying buildings.
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Known copies of map:
Somerset RO DD/LW/214
Industry:
textiles
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Proposed improvements (pecked lines): one is annotated 'This line appears to me to be the best W. McAdam 1837.'
Ordnance Survey's
1884
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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