Devonshire-Devonport-1811
CBTM:
18297
Map Date:
1.9.1811
Repository reference:
Devon & Exeter Institution [Library]
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Devonport
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX454547
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Map title:
'The Town of Plymouth Dock, 1811.
Comments on map:
Frontispiece to The Picture of Plymouth..., Plymouth: Rees & Curtis, London: Longman, n.d. ['Advertisement' is dated 1 February 1812.], which includes a directory. 'Published Septr. 1st. 1811 by Rees & Curtis, Plymouth' bottom centre, outside border.
Scale:
1:5280*
Map-maker:
John Cooke [eng], Rees & Curtis, Plymouth, & Longman, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
21.4 x 25.1
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: Dock Yard (only internal details are Dock Gate, Chapel and officers dwellings), Gun Wharf, Bason.
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Laboratory, Telegraph, Admirals House.
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Racket Court.
Known copies of map:
BL, Devon & Exeter Institution.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Towers:
tower: [Mysterious undescribed pictorial tower north of Kerr Street].
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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