Wiltshire-Calne-1750 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22971

Map Date:

? 1750

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO 1171/140(H)

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Calne

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

ST997701

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 9671

Map title:

'A map of the Burrough Tything'.

Comments on map:

Merely dated as 18th century in Wiltshire RO catalogues. Main interest is rural rather than urban.

Scale:

1:2614

Map-maker:

John Overton Senr. and Junr. [authors].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

106 x 100

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use: Areas of green tint for gardens.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO 1171/140.H

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits