Windsor-1742 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20647

Map Date:

1742

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *1455(6)

Town name:

Windsor, Eton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU969768

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 9379

Map title:

''...Plan of the town and Castle of Windsor and Little-Park, town and college of Eton...'

Comments on map:

Long historical and descriptive notes at bottom of map. Collier is 'by whom Lands are Survey'd & Maps drawn of the same in ye best & cheapest manner'.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

W. Collier, Eton [sv, dr, pb], J. Pine, Engraver, Old Bond St [eng, pb], T. Bakewell, Printseller, Fleet St [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

89.0 x 59.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally: Not in Eton, which is really just one street, 'Eton'.

Building names:

important buildings only: St Georges Chapel

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills, (symbol)

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Education and academic:

schools: [Eton College: the chapel, fellows apartments, etc are indicated].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 1455(6), K.Top.7.39b, Maps 1455(1), BOL Gough Maps Berkshire 12, Berkshire 13, 2027 a.55 [1742]; BOL GA.Engl.Rds.a.2 [1845: in Tighe, Present state and direction of the roads...]; BL 2367.bb.14, BOL G.A.Fol.B.74 [1856: in Annals of Windsor, pb R.R. Tighe and J.E. Davis, 1856]; BOL G.A.Berks c.59 [1977: in R. South, The book of Windsor, pb Barracuda Books].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: east prospect of Castle; top right: gardens proposed in Queen Anne's reign.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial boats on river, including a large laden barge. Putti scramble round direction pointer.

Arms and heraldry:

royal arms

Dedicee of map:

Duke of Marlborough.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

some inns: [One only].

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: Not in central part of Windsor.

Ordnance Survey's

1868

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560

1866-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560