Devonshire-Exeter-1881 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18304

Map Date:

? 1881

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

Comments on map:

'Printed and published by H. Besley & Son, South Street, Exeter', bottom centre. For Post Office directory of Exeter, 1881. Geometrical accuracy seems distorted on eastern side.

Scale:

1:9600*

Map-maker:

H. Besley & Son, South St, Exeter [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

37.9 x 31.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many public buildings, e.g. Custom House, are shown but not described.

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, basins/docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown, misc: 'Withy bed'.

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2507.bb, Devon & Exeter Institution, West Country Studies Library LM B/EXE/1881/BES [1881];

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: No tunnels shown.

Gardens:

nurseries

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500