Wiltshire-Cricklade-1775 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23171

Map Date:

? 1775

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO X6/23

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Cricklade

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU100935

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 0788

Map title:

'Plan of the borough of Cricklade'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from colour photocopy: this is assumed to be similar to the map of 1775 by Barth. Lewis at Gloucestershire RO (D.1571/P.25). Illegible pencil notes.

Scale:

1:3168*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.3 x 29.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, boundaries, general highlighting of district: Green area-tint.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Mostly frontages.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards: One orchard, by annotation.

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, areas named (no boundaries shown), boundary markers: [Meer stones]: parishes named, but no boundaries shown.

Known copies of map:

Glous RO D.1571/P.25 [original]; Wiltshire RO X6/23 [copy].

Waterbodies:

shown

Walls, embankments, etc:

Hedges, gates.

Ordnance Survey's

1873

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560