Devonshire-Ilfracombe-1895 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18745

Map Date:

1895

Repository reference:

West Country Studies Library DEV.1895.HAN

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 1895.'

Comments on map:

In A handbook for travellers in Devonshire, 9th edition, London: Murray, 1895, fp.252. Looks like straight copy from Ordnance Survey 1:10,560.

Scale:

1:9900

Map-maker:

Stanford [author], John Murray [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.8 x 15.6

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water: Foreshore shown by lighter blue.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

lighthouses

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Known copies of map:

BL 2364.a.9, West Country Studies Library DEV.1895.HAN, BL.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Tunnels.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Stated measuerments:

spot heights

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560