Devonshire-Devonport-1838 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22232

Map Date:

[1838]

Repository reference:

BOL G.A. Devon 8o 56

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:

'Granville's map of the borough of Devonport, delineating its divisions into wards and other municipal boundaries according to the charter of incorporation granted A.D.1837.'

Comments on map:

Faces title of A correct copy of the charter of incorporation of the borough of Devonport..., Devonport: Henry Granville, 1838. Scale stated as 1 inch to 1250 feet.

Scale:

1:15,000

Map-maker:

J.L. Pawlby [sv, dr], G. Poore, Plymouth [dr], Henry Granville, Bookseller, 99 Fore St, Devonport [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

29.3 x 23.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries: Wards: hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards: [No internal details of dockyard].

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only: Omits St Aubyn's.

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, misc.: Admiral's Ho.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Devon 8o 56 (in Charter of Incorporation of the Borough).

Industry:

smithing, timber

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: Ordnance Land.

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560