Staffordshire-Lichfield-1766 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20827

Map Date:

1766

Repository reference:

Lichfield Joint Record Office [no pressmark]

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Lichfield

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK118096

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 1807

Map title:

'A plan of the city of Lichfield shewing the situation of the four conduits for supplying the same with soft water from the conduit heads at Aldershaw; and the course of the pipe that conveys the same into the Crucifix Conduit, also, of the several streets in the said city, and their respective distances from the said conduits therein. And also the course of Sandford Brook through part of the said city. Taken in the year 1766, by Jno. Snape.'

Comments on map:

Scale is graduated in furlongs and yards, yet measures off as 1 inch to 88 yards, i.e. 4 chains, i.e. 1:3168. The 'distances' referred to in the title are presumably available to be scaled off, as they are not stated explicitly on the map. The map is not as detailed as regards buildings, etc, as Snape's published map of 1781 [Exeter 18321].

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

John Snape [sv, dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

114.0 x 73.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

sanitation

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, fire stations, water mains, misc: Public pumps and wells, Boghouses [by stream], Head of Spring.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: With outer walls and buttresses.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

cross, markets: ['Cross', with pillars].

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Lichfield Joint Record Office [no pressmark].

Industry:

textiles: [Skinhouses].

Gardens:

shown: [Path-patterns behind buildings].

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Summit [x 2: on main road from London to Stafford].

Map material:

parchment

Miscellaneous street furniture:

119 Mile Stone.

Ordnance Survey's

1882

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560