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Cornwall-Penzance-1841

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
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