Cornwall-Penzance-1898 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19006

Map Date:

[1898]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

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:

'Penzance'.

Comments on map:

In A.R. Hope Moncrieff, ed., Black's Guide to Cornwall, 17th edn, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1898, f.p.160. No cartographer; curiously old-fashioned writing, suggestive of, at latest, 1860s or 1870s Ordnance Survey work, e.g. index maps for parish area books.

Scale:

1:5940

Map-maker:

A. & C. Black, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.9 x 22.6

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Lifeboat Ho.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BL 10347.bbb.12, RGS Library [1898: in A.R. Hope Moncrieff, ed., Black's Guide to Cornwall, 17th edn, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1898, f.p.160].

Railways:

routes, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, museums

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560