Sussex-Chichester-1730 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20184

Map Date:

1730

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.42.5

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:

'The inchography of Chichester'.

Comments on map:

Inset on 'A correct map of the county of Sussex', 1:190,080, 58.7 x 46.2 cm, evidently derived from Budgen [Exeter 20182], and with the town maps of Chichester and Lewes close copies, including the latin scales of perches, omitting of the market cross, and the oversize prospects of the two towns.

Scale:

1:5940

Map-maker:

Cha. Price [author], Mrs Chilcot, Westminster Hall, Mr Heath next the Fountain Tavarn in the Strand, Mr Clark Bookseller at the Royal Exchange, all London, Mrs Benn, Bookseller, Bristoll [sell].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.5 x 13.2

Road names:

partly

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Pictorial cathedral, pictogram churches.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls, (pictorial)

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

West Sussex RO PM 223, PM 224; RGS Eng & Wales D.94 [n.d., pub Mount]; BOL Gough Maps 31 Fol 5 [1730.c]; BLML K.42.5, BOL Gough Maps Sussex 7 [1730, pub Chilcot etc].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

North prospect of city, above map, and much larger.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Tower hall [pictorial].

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [On the prospect rather than the map].

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560