Devonshire-Ilfracombe-1876
CBTM:
18734
Map Date:
1876
Repository reference:
West Country Studies Library DEV.1877.NOR
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Ilfracombe
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SS518477
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SS 5546
Map title:
'Ilfracombe'.
Comments on map:
In George Tugwell (ed), The North Devon Handbook..., London: Simpkin Marshall, and Ilfracombe: W. Stewart, n.d. [map dated 1876: BL gives 1877]. Maps of Ilfracombe, and Lynton & Lynmouth [Exeter 18735] all on a single sheet. Basic-looking, but legible.
Scale:
1:8712
Map-maker:
F.J. Halfyard, Exeter [lith], W. Stewart, Bookseller, Stationer &c, Arrival List Office, High St, Ilfracome [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.7 x 15.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Landing Stage, Life Boat House.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL 10368.aaa.49, CUL XIX.42.70 [1877: H. Besley: 1:7920: inset on map of North Devon, in The route book of Devon]; BL 10368.cc.5, West Country Studies Library DEV.1877.NOR [1878: Tugwell]; BLML 2140 (10), CUL Maps.D.58.89.1 [1892?: Besley's Plan of Ilfracombe and Lynton, and the coast of North Devon].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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