Surrey-Reigate-1785 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21336

Map Date:

1785

Repository reference:

Surrey RO Z.445/1

Historic county:

Surrey

Town name:

Reigate

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ253502

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 2749

Map title:

'A copy of the plan of Reigate in Surrey. From actual mensurations MDCCLXXXV.'

Comments on map:

A later, but perhaps not very much later, transcript. Buildings numbered in red: cf engraved version [Exeter 21337].

Scale:

1:792

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

136 x 68

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

ownership, other: Ownership colours and letters; buildings numbered in red.

Colouring:

owners

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, stables/coach houses

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Surrey RO 445/3 [map: independent of reference], Z/101 [?copy], 3964/1 [copy].

Gardens:

shown

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown: [Larger ones coloured].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Plain multiple circles.

Miscellaneous service buildings:

[Yards, sheds, stables], ovens, washhouses, granaries, etc: by annotation.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Ruins.

Retail activity:

limited range: Annotated with shops.

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Distance Post [at cross-roads: by cross].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1870

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560