Devonshire-Exeter-1845
CBTM:
20605
Map Date:
[1845]
Repository reference:
West Country Studies Library, Exeter, OM b/EXE/1845/SHA
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Exeter
Map type:
Health Hazard
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX921924
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 9392
Map title:
'Plan and sections of the city and suburbs of Exeter, shewing the sewerage, the division of the city into sanatory districts, &c.'
Comments on map:
Stated by West Country Studies Library to be from Thomas Shapter, Report on the sanatory condition of Exeter, London: Clowes, 1845. 'Health of Towns', top right.
Scale:
1:5040*
Map-maker:
[Thomas Shapter [author]], Standige & Co. [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.5 x 30.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
sanitation
Colouring:
health hazards
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Sanitary and utility information:
incidence of disease, reservoirs, sewers, misc: Well to do Districts, Poor Districts, Mixed Districts, Water Supply, Burying Ground, Churches, Hospital & Workhouse.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Known copies of map:
NLS BPP 1845, West Country Studies Library OM B/EXE/1845/SHA.
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: two sections, about 1:15,840 horizontal, 1:2400 vertical.
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: Heights above high water.
Ordnance Survey's
1875-6
1:500
1:2500
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here