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Surrey-Wimbledon-1776

CBTM:
22764
Map Date:
1776
Repository reference:
BOL Gough Maps Surrey 13
Historic county:
Surrey
Town name:
Wimbledon
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ240710
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 2075
Map title:
'Sketch of the town of Wimbledon, with the lands adjoining belonging to the right Honble. John Earl Spencer Viscount Althorp &c. &c. &c. 1776'.
Comments on map:
Most of the 'town' would appear not to be in his Lordship's ownership.
Scale:
1:792*
Map-maker:
F. AE. Assiotti [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
49.7 x 41.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
ownership: Boundary of Spencer property.
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, owners, decorative
Buildings:
shown
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
police: 'Watch House'.
Penal:
stocks, (pictorial)
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BOL Gough Maps Surrey 13.
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown, holdings/occupiers: [Including occupations of tradesmen; with notes of leasehold and freehold].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: [With 'Dieu defende le droit'].
Commons:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
principal landowner.: [Spencer: above title].
Retail activity:
shown generally: Occupations of tradesmen given for houses: questionable how far these are 'retail outlets'.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: With detached pictorial inn-signs in road.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1869
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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