Wiltshire-Malmesbury-1845 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23227

Map Date:

1845

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO 815/27L

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Malmesbury

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU187690

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 1869

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Malmsbury and sundry lands adjacent thereto in the County of Wilts, principally the property of George Rushout Esquire Lord of the Manor 1845.'

Comments on map:

Surveyed in 1844; 'Fair-Copied' by Weaver. Not much text on map, but everything is numbered: reference at Wiltshire RO 212B/4462. Seven small insets of outlying lands.

Scale:

1:792

Map-maker:

Little & Weaver, Chippenham [sv], H. Weaver, Surveyor, &c, Southampton [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

157 x 184

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

water, other: Grey water: other colours show tenure.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised: Emphasised buildings not named.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Inferred from buttresses.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO 815/27L (Ref. cat. 212B/4462).

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560