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Devonshire-Devonport-1838

CBTM:
20590
Map Date:
1838
Repository reference:
Plymouth Archives 153/A/2/3, 861/2
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:
[Litho map]: 'The town of Devonport, in the manor and parish of Stoke Damerall the property of Sir John St. Aubyn, Baronet.' [estate survey:] 'Survey of the parish and manor of Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, shewing the property of Sir John St. Aubyn Bart. by I.H. Rutger, Surveyor 1834.'
Comments on map:
Three copies of the litho map at 153/A/2/3, another plus manuscript survey of rest of parish, also at 1:2376, at 861/2. Lithographed version covers whole of town within defences: dockyard, etc, mapped in detail. Most tenements numbered, but no cadastre to hand. Some urban detail may be taken from Richards, 1810 [Exeter 20589]. Rural parts no more revealing than the 1:4752 tithe version. Manuscript parts have revision up to 1890s, e.g. LSWR from Tavistock.
Scale:
1:2376*
Map-maker:
I.H. Rutger, Surveyor, Marazion, Cornwall [dr], J .Netherclift, [lith], I.H. Molten, 20 Pall Mall, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
73.5 x 61.3 [litho: manuscript parts are 98.5 x 63.0, 47.0 x 65.0, 44.5 x 65.0 (x 2), 73.5 x 61.0, 79.5 x 55.0].
Number of parts:
8
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only: On manuscript only.
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: South-and-west shade.
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards, misc: Landing Places. [Dockyard in detail, with Rigging Houses, Storehouses, Timber Sheds, etc].
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, misc: Leats.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: [Batteries, bastions]; Laboratory, Admiral's House, Government House, Target; thicker line for dockyard wall.
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Plymouth Archives 1469/1, Ph.371/4, Plymouth Archives 153/A2/3.
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Landowners and occupiers:
main owner only: [In title; Government Ground].
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
columns: [Devonport Column: in plan: darker hatching].
Post and telegraphs:
visual telegraphs
Miscellaneous transport-related:
'Devonport Jany. 1st. 1824.' written in road to Stonehouse east of Chapel Street.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
principal landowner.: [St Aubyn: both on lithograph and on title of manuscript].
Ferries:
floating bridge, ferry
Estate boundary ownership:
glebe: [Ancient Boundary of the Glebe].
Walls, embankments, etc:
Fences seem to be shown, at any rate in the more open part.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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