Devonshire-Exeter-1879 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18742

Map Date:

[1879]

Repository reference:

West Country Studies Library DEV.1879.HAN

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 for Murray's Handbook.'

Comments on map:

In A handbook for travellers in Devonshire, 9th edition, London: Murray, 1879.

Scale:

1:12,672*

Map-maker:

Edwd Weller [author], John Murray, Albemarle St, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.8 x 16.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town walls: Cavalry Barracks.

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Female Reformatory [in Polsloe Road].

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 10028.ccc.3, West Country Studies Library DEV.1879.N [1879]; BL 10028.cc.28, RGS [1887, ed 10]; BL 2364.a.9, West Country Studies Library DEV.1895.HAN [1895, ed 11].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Alignments correct, but no London & South Western Railway tunnels.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Only grounds have ornament.

Antiquities:

Site of Danes Cas.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500