Devonshire-Exeter-1819 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18291

Map Date:

1819

Repository reference:

Devon RO [no pressmark]

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Exeter

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX921924

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 9392

Map title:

'A Plan of the City of Exeter including part of the County of the same City and portions of the Parishes of St Thomas the Apostle and St Leonard in the County of Devon Made from Actual Measurements in the years 1818 and 1819 By I. Coldridge Surveyor'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from monchrome photograph; bits of original missing, including almost all of St Thomas.

Scale:

1:792*

Map-maker:

I. Coldridge [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

300 x 190 [damaged].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, utilities: Others not apparent; churches, etc, darker than other buildings.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays: Cellars on quay.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Education and academic:

M

Known copies of map:

Devon RO [no pressmark] [photo].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, paper/print, misc: Fulling Mills, Grist Mills.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: With Grotto (in Palace Gardens).

Antiquities:

Site of Dominican Convent, Scite of Benedictine Convent.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [Those along the more important streets inside the walls and some outside (notably not along Sidwell Street)].

Relief:

prominent hills

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Steps on paths.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500