Wiltshire-Corsham-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22981

Map Date:

1830

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO 1742/Methuen Estate Atlas

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Corsham

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

ST873705

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 8773

Map title:

[Volume:] 'The maps of the manors and estates... in the counties of Wilts, Gloucester, and Somerset, the property of Paul Methuen Esqr. MDCCCXXX. By F.J. Kelsey Salisbury.'; [general map:] 'The manors of Corsham and Biddestone. Wilts.'; [detail map:] 'Town of Corsham'.

Comments on map:

Town mapped at 1:7920 on general map, and at 1:1584, with only the Methuen properties mapped in detail. Quite highly finished: the library copy.

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

[F.J. Kelsey, Salisbury [sv].]

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.0 x 51.2 [town map: manor map 108 x 67].

Number of parts:

2

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, uncertain: By farm.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished: Methuen estate only.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

misc: Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO 1742/Volume of Estate Maps.

Industry:

smithing, uncertain: Workshop.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

decorative: Cased grey.

Retail activity:

limited range: Methuen estate only.

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: Methuen estate only.

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560