Wiltshire-Salisbury-1780 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22985

Map Date:

? 1780

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO G.23/1/161

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Salisbury

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU144298

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 1433

Map title:

'Plan of the city of Salisbury...'

Comments on map:

Discoloured: latter part of title not wholly legible. Possibly last quarter of 18th century.

Scale:

1:9504

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.0 x 27.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, water: Water in streets.

Colouring:

other: Close, public etc buildings (red), meadows.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Mostly blocks without details.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Anglican parish churches pictorial.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO G.23/1/161.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Asymetrical abstract rococco.

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560