Somerset-Ilchester-1736 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18645

Map Date:

[1736]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/130

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Ilchester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST523227

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5422

Map title:

'Yvelchester'.

Comments on map:

Inset on 'Somersetshire survey'd and protracted by Mr Strachey'. Probably derives from Stukeley [Exeter 19661]: scale 1 inch to 70 paces (1:4200).

Scale:

1:4200

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

141 x 174

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

fragmentary

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

town walls

Markets and exchanges:

cross, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

Bath Library, BLML K.37.4.11 Tab, BOL Gough Maps Somersetshire -, TNA [PRO] MPHH 130 [originals]; Somerset RO T/PH/SAS/C/2(e) [photo].

Antiquities:

Tesserated pavement, Roman pavement, old foundations, monastic remains.

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:2500

1:10,560