TOTNES borough/town plan. REFORM ACT. River Dart, Devon. DAWSON 1832 old map

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Totnes. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Cartography by Robert K. Dawson Lieut. Lithography by Joseph Briggs. Provenance: "Reports from Commissioners On Proposed Division of Counties And Boundaries of Boroughs". Ordered by the House of Commons, 1832 [Reform Act boundary report]. Type: Antique lithographic map with original outline hand colour. This map was published preparatory to the 1832 Reform Act "for the purposes of ascertaining the extent to which the Town [usually delineated in yellow] has increased beyond the limits of the ancient Borough [usually delineated in green or blue]"

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Size: 12482px × 9547px
Location: Devon
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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