Warwickshire-Coventry-1807 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18324

Map Date:

1.5.1807

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

Historic county:

Warwickshire

Town name:

Coventry

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP335790

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 3480

Map title:

'Coventry'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England & Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Thomas Sharp [dr], Thos. Sharp [eng], E.W. Brayley [dir].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.2 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL Montagu Illustr.41, Cov CA 998/6, RGS 7.E.7, Warwickshire RO M.B.Cov.1807 [1807-10]; Coventry Library 1691/25/2 [repro]; BBOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1.C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, misc: Shag Factory, [tenters].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Various monastic remains, named moat and mound.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: vignette of Holy Trinity and St Michaels churches.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1888-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560