Wiltshire-Swindon-1804 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22970

Map Date:

? 1804

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO [open access]

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Swindon

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SU155840

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 1889

Comments on map:

Drawn by Gideon Mantell in 1804: original in Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, and reproduced, at unknown reduction, on p.221 of J.D. Delair and Dennis R. Dean, 'Gideon Mantell in Wiltshire', Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, vol 79 (1985), 219-224. Scale and dimensions as reproduced: not really very inspiring.

Scale:

1:3960*

Map-maker:

Gideon Mantell [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

15 x 10

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings

Colouring:

uncertain

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO open access [1985: in Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, Vol 79 (1985), p.221].

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: [Including public houses].

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560