Somerset-Yeovil-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19191

Map Date:

1831

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/14, Somerset RO DD/RI C/1600

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Yeovil

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST557160

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5422

Map title:

'Map of the town of Yeovil in the county of Somerset. 1831.'

Comments on map:

Fields, etc, numbered: reference elsewhere. Map is lacking in descriptions, so in its 'independent' form it reveals less than it might. This is a companion to 'Plan of the parish of Yeovil in the county of Somerset. 1831.', 1:9504, 59.3 x 74.5, also with a vignette (of a house) pasted on and both vignette and map lithographed and printed by Madeley, and with numbers in fields: borough not mapped in detail.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

G.E. Madeley, 3 Wellington St, Strand [lith, pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

72.0 x 56.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised: Only evidently 'public' buildings, including inns, are infilled.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Others evidently concealed in reference numbers.

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/14, Somerset RO DD/RI C/1600

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: vignette (by Madeley) of market place stuck on.

Ordnance Survey's

1885

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560