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Wiltshire-Salisbury-1689

CBTM:
21162
Map Date:
? 1689
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.21.e.10
Historic county:
Wiltshire
Town name:
Salisbury
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SU155298
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 1433
Map title:
'Salisbvry'.
Comments on map:
Inset on Wiltshire wth Salisbvry Citty & Stone heng described Ano. 1689., in All the shires of England and Wales described by Christopher Saxton being the best and original maps with many additions and corrections by Philip Lea, [London:] Philip Lea, n.d. [Pasted at the front is a letter from Edward Lynam to D. Grenside, 16 November 1935, in which Lynam says it is the earliest copy he has seen and that it probably came out in the year of the licence, 1699.]
Scale:
1:9000*
Map-maker:
[Philip Lea [pb].].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
12.8 x 10.7 [inset].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
pillory, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, (pictorial): Gates named.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps C.21.e.10 [?1689]; BOL Douce Prints b.28 [1689]; CUL Atlas 3.73.2 [1732].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: The Townhoufe.
Relief:
'molehills'
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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