Devonshire-Devonport-1759
CBTM:
19832
Map Date:
? 1759
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 2140 (6)
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Devonport
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX454547
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Map title:
'An exact plan of the ground humbly proposed to be purchased at the Dock of Plymouth...'
Comments on map:
Elizabeth Stuart's no. 126: of no urban interest, save as a very rough indication of approximate building development. Dating from Elizabeth Stuart.
Scale:
1:3000
Map-maker:
Thos Jeffreys [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: No detail at all.
Mills:
windmills, (unspecified type): Horse Mill.
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: [Dock Yard, Gun Wharf: no details].
Defence and military:
barracks, town walls
Known copies of map:
Elizabeth Stuart's no.126. BLML Maps 2140 (6) [1759]; BL Maps 2147(6) [original], Plymouth Archives Ph.416/4 [photo] [ground to be purchased for Plymouth Dock].
Industry:
ship yards, timber
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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