Map of Dorchester, Dorset, England
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This item is a hand drawn map of Dorchester, Dorset, England, which was created by John Speed in 1611. The map is in color and displays topographical as well as man-made features. There are two copies of the map - one of the original and another identifying the important places marked on it. The codes for each identified landmark are as follows:
A - The Old Franciscan Priory
Ca - Castle Ruins later to become 'The Prison'
CR - Colliton Row
Ch - Old Woman's Almshouse
F - St. George's Church in Fordington
G - Glippath
Gb - Glippath Bridge
H- Hospital for education of the children of the poor
J - Rev. John White's House
Mb - Great & Little Mohun's Bridges
P - Fordington Pound
Sb - Stocking Bridge, and nearby the Fordington Mill
Sh - Sheep Street
W - Whetstone's Almshouses