Surrey-Guildford-1739 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18338

Map Date:

20.3.1739

Repository reference:

[Private collection]

Historic county:

Surrey

Town name:

Guildford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU995495

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 9845

Map title:

'The ichnography or ground plan of Guldeford, the county town of Surrey, Anno Dom. 1739.'

Comments on map:

Note bottom left: 'Survey'd by Matt. Richardson & Engrav'd by John Harris who Publish'd it March the 20th. 1739...'; inset on map is oath by Richardson dated 28 September 1739 that he has taken a census of population and houses this month; bottom left, superimposed over existing detail, is a presentment of the Court Leet, 25 May 1741, that the boundaries of the borough conform to those on the map.

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

Matthew Richardson, Guildford, Accountant & Surveyer [sic], John Harris [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

72.1 x 51.9 [71.5 x 49.5]

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Maps 8 ['1739'], Surrey RO M/62/1; TNA [PRO] T72/9 [1741]; BLML 5322(10) [Copy of reduced tracing]; BLML 5322(1) [tracing]; CUL Maps.aa.87.96.1 [1968.c fac]; BOL (E)C17:57(66) [1974: Harry Margary, 250 years of Surrey maps, Lympne: Harry Margary, 1974.

Industry:

timber, uncertain: 'Mr Wilkin's Pit Field' perhaps refers to a brick-field.

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Friary.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Barges on river.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map, municipal

Dedicee of map:

George Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Arable and grass distinguished.

Ordnance Survey's

1868-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560