Cornwall-Penzance-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22330

Map Date:

1841

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.R.b.71

Historic county:

Cornwall

Town name:

Penzance

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SW473303

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SW 4731

Map title:

'Plan of the borough of Penzance Cornwall 1841.'

Comments on map:

Possibly a derivative of the tithe survey [Exeter 01048]. Scale measures slightly over 1:2376. No lithographer given: legible, but not very sophisticated by Standidge stands, e.g.

Scale:

1:2448

Map-maker:

Joseph Olver, John Harmber Rutger, John Pawlby, Surveyors [sv].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

82.3 x 70.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised: A few buildings emphasised but unnamed.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, navigation aids, piers, wharfs, misc: Timber Pond; pecked lines show proposed dock and harbour.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, misc: Coinage House.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.R.b.71.

Railways:

misc: 'Terminus of the West Cornwall Railway', but nothing else appears.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore: [Low water neap tide specified].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Crosses:

cross

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

The Mayor.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560