Somerset-Wells-1788 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23444

Map Date:

1788

Repository reference:

Somerset RO DD/FS C/669

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Wells

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST549457

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5745

Map title:

'A map of the parish of St Cuthbert Wells in the County of Somerset'.

Comments on map:

Fields outside built-up area numbered: no reference apparently available.

Scale:

1:6336*

Map-maker:

Wm White [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

158 x 201

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

uncertain: Possibly estate-related.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Known copies of map:

Somerset RO DD/FS C/669

Waterbodies:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1885

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560