Somerset-Taunton-1791 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22508

Map Date:

[1791]

Repository reference:

BL 192.a.13

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Taunton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST227247

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 2324

Comments on map:

Inset bottom left on A map of the country seven miles round Taunton, f.t.p. in Joshua Toulmin, The history of the town of Taunton, London: Johnson, 1791. Rather sketchy-looking.

Scale:

1:15,000*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

14.0 x 9.0 [inset].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 192.a.13, G.1799, CUL Lib.4.79.19, Somerset RO DD/SAS C/212, DD/SAS C/2631/1 [original] [in J. Toulmin, The history of the town of Taunton..., 1791]; BL X.805/1050, BOL G.A.Som. c.23 [in Bush, p.12, apparently from Somerset Arch Soc original].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560