Wiltshire-Chippenham-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18829

Map Date:

1831

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/8

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Chippenham

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST920734

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 9671

Map title:

'Chippenham, from the Ordnance Survey. 1831.'

Comments on map:

Pencil enlargement with inked scale and a few names, plus numerous additional names. 'R. Creighton' in ink, bottom right.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

? R. Creighton [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.0 x 43.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings: Abbreviations for houses, cottages, barns and sheds.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

mental

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/8.

Industry:

textiles: [Including silk].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560