Wiltshire-Devizes-1834
CBTM:
18927
Map Date:
1834
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/12, Wilts RO G.20/1/96
Historic county:
Wiltshire
Town name:
Devizes
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SU004614
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 9857
Map title:
'Plan of Devizes, with the new boundary of the borough. Surveyed by George Oakley Lucas, 1834.'
Comments on map:
Top right is an extract describing the borough boundaries from the Boundary Act, 2 & 3 Wm IV, cap.64. Original boundary colours omitted from both T.72 copies.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
George Oakley Lucas [sv].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
81.0 x 61.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories: Includes 'Prison Ventilator'.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: A circle of woodland only.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
cross, markets: ['Market Cross or Monument erected by The Right Honourable Lord Sidmouth recording an awful instance of Divine vengeance in the death of Ruth Pierce for telling a lie in that Market Place.'].
Woodland:
shown, landmark tree, orchards: ['Ancient Tree (seen at an immense distance)'].
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] T72/12 [two copies, both uncoloured], Wiltshire RO G.20/1/96 PC [1834]; ?? BOL G.A.Wilts 4o 185 [1985: E. Bradby, The Book of Devizes, Buckingham: Barracuda Books].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices, newspaper offices
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom rightish: large drawing, 'The new County Hall'.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Large stylised castle, below title].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1884
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
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