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Devonshire-Devonport-1883

CBTM:
21467
Map Date:
[? 1883]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 11.c.30
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX480540
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX480540
Map title:
'Plan of Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse &c. from the Ordnance Survey.'
Comments on map:
Plate 81 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d. [BM RD blue 24 Nov 1883]. Rather a refined job for Bacon: might have been engraved by someone up-market like Bartholomew.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
[G.W. Bacon [pr, pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.0 x 31.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
misc, docks, naval dockyards, piers: Trinity Obelisk. Naval dockyard shown in same detail as rest of map. [No Smeaton tower.]
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
incomplete Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
customs, police, town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, misc., town walls: [Batteries, Block House, Citadel]; Royal Engineers Office, etc; Victualling Yard.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Parliamentary boundary.
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 11.c.30 [1883: in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon]; BLML Maps 37.e.31, BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 19.c.2, BOL C15 c.3 [1889: George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 33.c.2 [1891: G.W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1891]; BLML Maps 33.b.32 [1895: G.W. Bacon (ed), Commercial and library atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1895].
Industry:
misc, bricks/tiles, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, rope walk, ship yards, textiles, timber: Pitch and tar; [Cement].
Railways:
named, passenger stations, routes: Omits north side of triangle at Pennycomequick. Includes Keyham Tunnel.
Leisure and entertainment:
misc, etc, baths/spa, theatres: Camera Obscura.
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Friary (remains).
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
boat, yacht
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
statues
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Corporation Seat.
Ferries:
ferry
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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