Devonshire-Ilfracombe-1880
CBTM:
18736
Map Date:
[1880]
Repository reference:
West Country Studies Library DEV.1880.STE
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:
'A plan of the town of Ilfracombe.'
Comments on map:
In George Tugwell (ed) Stewart's Sixpenny guide book to North Devon, Ilfracombe: W. Stewart, n.d. Combined with map of North Devon coast, unattributed, but taken uncritically (if uninspiredly) from Ordnance Survey, complete with geological dip arrows. (Dimensions etc refers only to the Ilfracombe part.) Quite different from Exeter 18734.
Scale:
1:4752*
Map-maker:
W. Stewart, Library, Ilfracombe [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.0 x 12.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL; West Country Studies Library DEV.1880.STE.
Industry:
uncertain: Kiln.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff, post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
publisher of map: [Stewart's Library: the most conspicuous name on the map].
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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