rob goodbody, 'from rocque to the ordnance survey: mapping dublin 1756-1847'. 05-11-2014

Rob GoodbodyRoyal Irish Academy lunchtime lectures

5th November 2014

From Rocque to the Ordnance Survey:

mapping Dublin 1756 to 1847

Large-scale city mapsSmall-scale city mapsStreet mapsArea maps Estate maps or property maps

Maps

John Rocque

1756

Oops!

1765

1760

Bernard Scalé

Bernard Scalé, 1773

1773

1773

1756

1756

1773

1773

Street maps & directory maps

Wilson’s Directory, 1760-1837 330 x 220 / 349 x 267Harris, 1766 (Rocque 1765) 400 x 285Pool and Cash, 1780 458 x 397Warburton, Whitelaw & Walsh, 1817 450 x 325Post Office Directory, 1832-1848 267 x 210Pettigrew & Oulton, 1834-1849 266 x 214Thom’s Directory, 1847 416 x 280

Street maps / directory maps

Scalé medium-scale 830 x 520 OS six-inch 1020 x 700

1800

Wide Streets Commission

1811

1802

Estate maps etc

c.1811

1790

1807

1819

c.1800

Wide Streets Commissioners DCLALongfield maps NLIDublin City Surveyors DCLAPembroke Estate NAIArchbishop of Dublin RCBChrist Church RCBSt Patrick’s RCBBallast Board DPDomvile Estate NLIGardiner Estate NLI

Some estate maps etc

Thomas Campbell, 1811

1811

Ordnance Surveyfirst edition 6-inch map

Date?

1837X 1843

1837

1843

1837

1843

1838-43

1838-43

1837

1843

1838-43