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Warwickshire-Warwick-1790

CBTM:
21096
Map Date:
1790
Repository reference:
Warwickshire RO MB.War. 1790
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Warwick
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SP282649
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 3169
Map title:
'Ground plan of Warwick from recollection only. But all the streets and avenues are figured from actual measurements.'
Comments on map:
Rather borderline case for inclusion. Details from half-tone photo, including scale and dimensions: may have been reduced by 25 to 50 %.
Scale:
1:5000*
Map-maker:
Henry Couchman [? author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26 x 23
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses: ['College'].
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Warwickshire RO QS 24/578/1-16 [in with other papers]; Warwickshire RO MB.War.1790 [photo].
Stated measuerments:
other: Street widths.
Ordnance Survey's
1887
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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