Wiltshire-Calne-1764 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23170

Map Date:

1764

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO X.6/10

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Calne

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST997701

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 9607

Map title:

'A topographical map or plan of the manor of Calne & Calstone... belonging to the Right Honourable William Petty, Earl of Shelburne... Surveyed and drawn by John Powell, topographer. 1763 & 4.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy, 19.0 x 43.5 cm, which in turn seems to be rephoto'ing of mosaiced prints: typewritten label below gives original dimensions and title, reused here: original said to be with Lord Lansdowne at Bowood.

Scale:

1:4752*

Map-maker:

John Powell, Topographer [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

350 x 180

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, owners: Possibly others.

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO X.6/10.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Relief:

prominent hills

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560