Somerset-Glastonbury-1778 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23418

Map Date:

? 1778

Repository reference:

Somerset RO DD/SAS C/1461/1 [Luxborough Common map]

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Glastonbury

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST498388

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5038

Map title:

'A Plan of the Corporation Town of Glastonbury &c with the adjoining Moors'.

Comments on map:

Dated 1778 or earlier in Somerset RO lists. Focus is on the moors rather than the town, with various notes.

Scale:

1:15,840

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

82.8 x 45.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Reference system

Colouring:

other: Moors and drains.

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: With notes on dimensions etc of Abbey in 'Explanation'.

Known copies of map:

Somerset RO DD/SAS C/1461/1 [Luxborough Common map].

Antiquities:

Abbey buildings.

Relief:

prominent hills

Reference system:

squaring: O.25-mile: not figured or lettered, and now faint.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:2500

1:10,560