Cornwall-Fowey-1839 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

00955

Map Date:

1839

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/6/58

Historic county:

Cornwall

Town name:

Fowey

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX124517

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 0958

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

John Bowen [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

owners: Tinted areas probably indicate ownerships.

Building names:

shown

Buildings:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (unspecified type): Corn Mill, Old Windmill Tower built before 1296.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/6/58.

Industry:

rope walk

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Castle.

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

kennels

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1880

1:2500

1:10,560