Worcestershire-Worcester-1768 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18704

Map Date:

26.2.1768

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPE 1/313

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Worcester

Map type:

estate

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 & certain lands belonging to his Majesty near thereto and the Scite of the antient Fortifications Ramparts and Fosses thereof by Richd Broad of Worr.'

Comments on map:

Long note under mapped area discussing current and future use of the fortifications. Finish of engraved quality.

Scale:

1:2376*

Map-maker:

Richard Broad [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

77.8 x 66.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Defence works.

Building names:

clergy residences, generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Most buildings in plan; Guildhall, gates, turrets &c on walls and some other buildings shown pictorially, if not very authentically.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Cathedral and two other Anglican churches shown in plan; College Green and similar appurtenances of the cathedral.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

county, borough, boundary mereings, Ward

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MPE 1/313 [original]; Worcestershire RO BA 4720 f.900.40051 [neg photo].

Industry:

furniture/pottery

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Sailing barges in river.

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560