Devonshire-Exeter-1885
CBTM:
18976
Map Date:
[1885]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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'.
Comments on map:
In C.S. Ward and M.J.B. Baddeley, South Devon and South Cornwall [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau, 2nd edition 1885, f.p.27, 3rd edition, 1889, f.p. 30, 4th edition, 1892, f.p.30, 5th edition, 1895, f.p. 32. The 3rd edition only has vague beigey shading for built-up areas. Scale measured as 1.625 ins to 0.25 mile, 1:9747. [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 4020 copies of this plate were printed, two-up [i.e. 8040 copies in all] on 18 September 1892.]
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author, pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
21.6 x 15.8
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL 010347.aaa.1/7, RGS library [C.S. Ward and M.J.B. Baddeley, South Devon and South Cornwall [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau: 1885 (2nd edition), 1889 (3rd edition), 1892 (4th edition), 1895 (5th edition)].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Arcade.
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1875-6
1:500
1:2500
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