Wiltshire-Amesbury-1726 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22968

Map Date:

1726

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO 944/1

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Amesbury

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU143414

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 1342

Map title:

[Book:] 'A book of mapps containing surveys of the town and several common fields in the Manner of Ambresbury... belonging to His Grace the Duke of Queensberry and Dover', [map:] 'A survey of the town of Ambresbury, and the mansion-house, gardens, park and meads adjacent.'

Comments on map:

Main Record applies to sheet 1 of the 1726 volume. A de luxe map, of very high quality finish. The terrier, with names of freeholders and tenants, description and acreage is at Wiltshire RO 944/2; at 944/3 is a terrier of 1771 by James Crow. A strong candidate for photographic illustration.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

Henry Flitcroft [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.8 x 55.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use, decorative

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO 944/1-2.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Title is octagonal, with putti, fruit and flowers: a rococco one around scale; title page to whole volume has the Duke's arms and supporters.

Borders:

decorative

Symbolic elements:

Putti, fruit, flowers: in cartouche; sun-face: in compass-centre.

Map material:

parchment

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1875-78

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560