Wiltshire-Chippenham-1800 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22982

Map Date:

? 1800

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO G.19/1/49PC

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Chippenham

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST920734

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 9671

Map title:

'A plan of the borough of Chippenham Wilts.'

Comments on map:

A transcript, fairly modern (quill lettering), of uncertain provenance: Newton attribution bottom right. Dated c.1800 in Wiltshire RO lists. 'Scale of 20 parts, to an Inch': 1:3168 seems to fit.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

J. and W. Newton, Chancery Lane [authors].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65.2 x 45.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

other: Burgage houses.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Town Pump, named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO G.19/1/49 PC.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560