Devonshire-Exeter-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18308

Map Date:

1836

Repository reference:

Devon & Exeter Institution [map chest]

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:

'Exeter in 1836'.

Comments on map:

Below border: 'To accompany the Exeter Guide', i.e. that published by Henry Besley. Below that is a letterpress-printed Reference, with 35 churches and chapels.

Scale:

1:9600*

Map-maker:

Henry Besley, South St [Exeter] [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.3 x 25.5 [map: engraved area 21.3 x 23.7].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

inside built-up area only

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward: [Indicated by letter only].

Known copies of map:

Devon & Exeter Institution [map chest].

Industry:

lime/cement, textiles: [Numerous tenters].

Railways:

projected or otherwise unbuilt lines, named: Runs on east bank of Exe, crossing near the suspension bridge to terminate at 'new basin'.

Gardens:

nurseries

Antiquities:

[Shown: details not noted].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left is 'East view of Exeter Cathedral &c'.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500