Cornwall-Truro-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22329

Map Date:

1842

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.R.b.73

Historic county:

Cornwall

Town name:

Truro

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX827449

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SW 8444

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Truro in the county of Cornwall.'

Comments on map:

This is probably a straightforward derivative from the tithe map [Exeter 01095]: no numbering.

Scale:

1:1584*

Map-maker:

R. Symons, Surveyor, Parade, Truro [author], Standidge & Co., Litho, 77 Cornhill, London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

98.7 x 95.2 [4 sheets].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, wharfs, misc: Crane on Quay.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

misc: Coinage Hall.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.R.b.73.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, furniture/pottery, timber, uncertain, misc: Factory, Coal Yard.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Pasted on, top left: lithograph, 'Truro from Politsco Quarry'.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

columns: [Lander Column].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Sidewalks.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Above title].

Cemeteries:

shown

Walls, embankments, etc:

Railings and hedges seem to be indicated.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1877-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560