Sussex-Chichester-1724 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18347

Map Date:

[1724]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.26.e.7

Historic county:

Sussex

Town name:

Chichester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU860048

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 8607

Map title:

'Mantantonis Sep. 14. 1723.'

Comments on map:

Plate 81 in William Stukeley, Itinerarium Curiosum, London: author, 1724.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Stukeley [dr], Parker [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.0 x 27.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: 'Battlement' building shapes, as with the other Stukeley town plans; Bishops Palace pictorial.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Cathedral markedly larger than the rest.

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps c.26.e.7, BOL Gough Gen Top 55, CUL, West Sussex RO PM 225, PM 253, F/PD 76 [original]; West Sussex RO PM 43 [photo]; [1972: included in David J. Butler, The town plans of Chichester 1595-1898, Chichester: West Sussex CC, 1972].

Antiquities:

Site of Roman temple, Grey Fryers, Black Fryers.

Relief:

shown partially: Ditch outside walls.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Palant, [no market cross].

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560