Devonshire-Exeter-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18752

Map Date:

? 1855

Repository reference:

West Country Studies Library MM B/EXE/1855/FEA

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:

'Map of Exeter.'

Comments on map:

Folded in half, as though extracted from a book. Includes inset showing relative locations of Featherstone's Printing Office and Circulating Library. Reference covers only churches and chapels, so lack of public buildings.

Scale:

1:8640

Map-maker:

Featherstone, Lithographer, 246 High St, Exeter [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.6 x 18.8

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Known copies of map:

West Country Studies Library MM B/EXE/1855/FEA.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Includes 'Intended Exeter & Yeovil Railway' on correct route.

Antiquities:

Danes Castle.

Commons:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500