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I am trying to identify an ?18th century map of Salisbury; I need your help.
Map title, upper left, in a drapery cartouche:-
The City of SALISBURY wth. the Adjacent CLOSE, CHURCH and RIVER Accurately
Surveyed By William Naish ... Sarum. Printed & Sold by Benjn. Collins,
Printer, on the New Canal.
An inset map, a panel on the left is:-
The RIVER AVON between SALISBURY and the SEA. Accurately Survey'd By Mr.
Tho: Naish Mr. Ja: Mooring
The map is dedicated to JOHN, Bishop of Salisbury
Questions: who are William Naish, Thomas Naish, James Mooring, Benjamin Collins, and 'John'? What date is the map?
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05 January 2004
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The map was first published in 1716 but I think that you probably have the 3rd edition of 1751 because of Benjamin Collins being the publisher and because of the dedication.
The Thomas Naish referred to, for the river map of 1675, was the Clerk of Works of the Cathedral and was the father of:
another Thomas Naish who was a Sub-Dean of Salisbury Cathedral and the cathedral's Surveyor of Fabric. He was born in 1669 and his diary has been published by the Wiltshire Record Society. (Vol.20, 1965)
William Naish is believed to be his brother, who had been a surgeon's mate in the navy and later opened a apothecary's shop in Salisbury. He was also Assistant Surveyor of the Fabric.
James Mooring - afraid that I cannot find out anything about him at the moment.
Benjamin Collins was a nationally-known 18th century publisher who published first editions of William Goldsmith and other well known writers. He was the brother of William Collins, who re-started the Salisbury Journal in 1729. Both brothers were associated with it from that date and when William died in 1740 Benjamin took it over, invigorated it, and it became one of the great regional newspapers. Benjamin severed his connection with the Journal in 1775 and died in 1785.
Bishop John must have been been John Gilbert, who was Bishop of Salisbury from 1748 to 1757 when he was translated to York. There were two later bishops called John (both John Thomas) but John Gilbert is the one who was there at the right time for the 3rd edition of the map.
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Bibliography
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The diary of Thomas Naish, edited by Doreen Slatter. Wiltshire Record Society, 1965.
Dodsworth, William: An historical account of the Episcopal See and Cathedral Church of Sarum, or Salisbury. Salisbury: Brodie and Dowding, 1814.
