Sussex-Chichester-1769
CBTM:
18350
Map Date:
1769
Repository reference:
[Private collection]
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:
'An accurate plan of the city of Chichester with the suburbs and liberty thereof by William Gardner 1769.'
Comments on map:
Reference and historical description below map proper.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
William Gardner [sv], T. Yeakell, Goodwood [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
83.5 x 93.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
cross: [In plan].
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.42.18 [roll], BOL Gough Maps Sussex 11 & 12, West Sussex RO PM 2; CUL [in VCH Ssx III]; BOL (E)C17:58(101) [1970: HMF]; [1972: included in David J. Butler, The town plans of Chichester 1595-1898, Chichester: West Sussex CC, 1972].
Gardens:
shown
Magnetic data:
diagram, value (undated): Variation is 26.30.
Antiquities:
Monastic remains, St James Ruins.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left and right: cathedral and market cross; bottom centre: 'As the city was in 1610.'
Relief:
misc.: Behind walls.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
dedicee of map, municipal: [Top left: Duke of Richmond; top right: town (according to Butler (1972), the arms are incorrect)].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Duke of Richmond.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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