Worcestershire-Kidderminster-1753 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20187

Map Date:

1753

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.XLIII.62

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Kidderminster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO830765

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8175

Map title:

'An exact plan of Kidderminster surveyed by John Doharty Junr. in NDCCLIII, in which the new streets are inserted, as intended to be built...'

Comments on map:

This is stylistically similar to other West Midland maps published by Jeffreys, e.g. that of Birmingham [Exeter 20181]. It scores more heavily for 'decoration' than it does for text, which is largely lacking from the map proper, apart from street names. Written description of town, top right.

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

John Doharty Junr [sv], Thomas Jeffreys, Corner of St Martins Lane, Charing Cross, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

73.7 x 59.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Lighter-hatched buildings are perhaps the intended ones.

Mills:

watermills: With Flood Gates.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Internal ground-plan of parish church, and of the Free School to the east.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

fairgrounds, trade halls, markets: [Carpet Hall, Horse Fair].

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top. 43.62, BOL Gough Worcester 11 [1753]; Kidderminster Library local studies, Worcestershire RO BA 7354 r899:310 [1973: Kidderminster Library].

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: At bottom of title: spinning-wheel on left, with basket of ?bobbins to right; centre, two putti unroll a carpet; to right, Brittannia sits on bales with a smaller carpet in her left hand and seems to look on encouragingly. Lions each side of ? dedicee's arms at top, and carpet-related objects.

Symbolic elements:

Spinning-wheel, basket of bobbins, carpest, putti, Brittannia: below title.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Caldwald [pictorial building: what is it? south of town]

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map, municipal: [Arms above title are presumably those of the dedicee; the arms of Kidderminster appear above the descriptive notes].

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds, tithe barns

Dedicee of map:

Rt Hon. Lord Foley [of Kidderminster].

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560