Wiltshire-Downton-1745 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23173

Map Date:

1745

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO 490/780

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Downton

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SU182214

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 1724

Comments on map:

Only includes Duncomb estate property: does not cover the area in the vicinity of the church on the east. Illegible signature says that this is a true copy of the original map of burgage lands belonging to Anthony Duncomb, Esq., made in 1745.

Scale:

1:1584*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.5 x 45.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours: Long explanation of burgage colouring.

Colouring:

water, other: Burgage colouring.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO 490/780.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Late 18th-century-looking: really post-rococco.

Map material:

parchment

Ordnance Survey's

1874-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560