Wiltshire-Salisbury-1751
CBTM:
19691
Map Date:
1751
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.43.37
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:
'The City of Salisbury wth. the adjacent Close, Church and river accurately surveyed by William Naish.'
Comments on map:
Above the vignette of the cathedral is an historical note, which quotes the height as 410 ft [404 ft is usually quoted nowadays]. Bottom left is a list of cathedral preachers [i.e. chapter, prebends, etc] for each Sunday in the church year, Easter to Easter. Letters in reference eked out with alchemical symbols.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
William Naish [sv], Benjn Collins, Sarum [pr, pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.7 x 59.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
shown: A few pictorial buildings, particularly on outskirts.
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, misc: Cloisters, etc, in cathedral.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
gallows, jails/reformatories, pillory, stocks, misc: Cage and Ducking Stool, Whipping Post; [Pillory in plan, Gallows unoccupied].
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds: [Bowling greens, including one annotated 'that was'].
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, misc: The various 'chequers' in the street pattern.
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5730(2), K.Top.43.37, BOL Gough Maps Wiltshire 3, CUL Maps.aa.91.75.1, Wiltshire RO G.23/1/164 PC (original + 2 copies; modern copy in corridor); RGS Eng & Wales S.10; BOL G.A.Wilts 4o 151 [1978: enlgt of central section in D. Burnett, Salisbury: the history of an English cathedral, pb Compton Press]; CUL 9000.b.7031 [1991: in R. Spring, Salisbury Cathedral].
Industry:
paper/print, textiles: [Textiles inferred from tenters].
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Drape for title, rococco round dedication.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: prospect of city from north-east; bottom right: cathedral, from south-west. On left of map is River Avon from Salisbury to the sea: no scale.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Ditches along streets, named bridges.
Crosses:
M
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Dedicee of map:
John, Bishop of Salisbury.
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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