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Devonshire-Devonport-1725

CBTM:
20596
Map Date:
? 1725
Repository reference:
Plymouth Archives Ph.334
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Devonport
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX454547
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Comments on map:
Only text on map is a note that two fields are furze. Development of town suggests something like 1720s. Very carefully drawn, including field gates.
Scale:
1:3960*
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
82 x 42
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water
Buildings:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: [Buildings mapped in detail].
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
Elizabeth Stuart's no.82. BOL Gough Maps 5.f.25B [original]; Plymouth Archives Ph.334 [positive & negative copies]; BL King's MS 45 f.34 [Elizabeth Stuart says is a more finished version.]
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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