Cornwall-Falmouth-1861 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23456

Map Date:

1861

Repository reference:

Cornwall Centre, Redruth [open-access drawers]

Historic county:

Cornwall

Town name:

Falmouth

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SW807328

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SW 8233

Map title:

'Map of Falmouth Town and of Falmouth Harbour Docks in the County of Cornwall.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy: some names in built-up part illegible. The docks seem to be largely fiction.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

Brenton Symons, Land Surveyor, Chromo-Lithographer, &c, Truro [sv, lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

89 x 92

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water, land-use

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

jetties, quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

coastguard

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Cornwall Centre [photocopy].

Industry:

food/drink, ship yards

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Clubs and societies:

misc: Subscription Rooms.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: chart of Falmouth harbour and Carrick Roads.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: [Killigrew Monument].

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office

Ferries:

ferry

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1877-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560