Worcestershire-Worcester-1742
CBTM:
20189
Map Date:
1742
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.XLIII.65-2
Historic county:
Worcestershire
Town name:
Worcester
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO851547
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SO 8853
Map title:
'A plan of the city of Worcester...'
Comments on map:
Historical notes bottom left. Publication date leaves room for day and month, which aren't supplied.
Scale:
1:3168*
Map-maker:
John Doharty junr [sv, dr].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.0 x 47.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Priory Boat.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, misc: Library, Cloisters, Audit Hall, Registry Office at cathedral.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Commandery, Block House, Town Ditch.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: City bounds.
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.43.65.2, BOL Gough Maps Worcestershire 3, CUL Maps.aa.92.74.1, Worcestershire RO BA 4885 f.899:426 (ex Edward Elgar, hung at Marl Bank).
Industry:
textiles: [Indicated by pictorial tenters].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Antiquities:
Pictorial representation of the battle of Worcester on east side of city. Place where Charles II took horse for Boscobel following Battle of Worcester.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Obverse and reverse of two Roman coins lately found in the city.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in river.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Groups of fields around city named.
Ordnance Survey's
1886
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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