Worcestershire-Worcester-1780
CBTM:
20190
Map Date:
3.4.1780
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.XLIII.65-3
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:
'Plan of the city and suburbs of Worcester. from actual survey by George Young 1779.' [sic].
Comments on map:
Top left written description of city; to left of title table of areas, houses and population of parishes, and note of births and burials in 1778.
Scale:
1:2400
Map-maker:
George Young [sv], P. Begbie [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
83.3 x 62.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, misc: Register Office, Audit Office, Cloisters, chapter house and library indicated at cathedral.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls: Commandery.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, misc: City bounds.
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.43.65.3, BOL Gough Maps Worcestershire 8, C17 a.10, Worcestershire RO BA 2960 (x.726) (also BA 3832).
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling, timber, misc: Coal Yard, Coachmakers Yards, Carpet Manufactory.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Antiquities:
White Ladies Formerly a Nunnery, sites of Old Bridge and Battle of Worcester.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Title on 'wall' with city arms above and depiction of Battle of Worcester below: to left are plough, harrow, spade and bundles of corn, to right are barrels and bales, and behind is cathedral and city seen across the river.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, coffee houses: [With distinctive stipple infill; one Coffee House].
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: A few groups of fields named.
Ordnance Survey's
1884
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1886
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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