Somerset-Yeovil-1858
CBTM:
12180
Map Date:
1858
Repository reference:
D/DC/s.som 21/1
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Yeovil
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST557160
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 5422
Comments on map:
The original is retained by South Somerset District Council, Technical Services Dept; 'Index Map' to a 21-sheet map, of which there is no note in the county record office.
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
Hicks and Issac [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
107 x 63
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
Somerset RO D/DC/S.SOM 21/1 [photo].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: Noted as referred to a datum 100 ft below 'the upper surface of the step of the North Eastern Entrance to Trinity Church'.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1885
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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