Devonshire-Lynton-1876
CBTM:
18735
Map Date:
[1876]
Repository reference:
West Country Studies Library DEV.1877.NOR
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Lynton
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SS721492
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SS 7447
Map title:
'Lynton and Lynmouth.'
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 [Exeter 18734], Lynton and Lynmouth all on a single sheet. Basic-looking, but legible. Unlike the Ilfracombe map, on the same sheet, this has solid buildings (Ilfracombe has hatched) and 'Church' in gothic.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
F.J. Halfyard, Exeter [lith], W. Stewart, Bookseller, Stationer &c, Arrival List Office, High St, Ilfracombe [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
13.2 x 15.4
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Education and academic:
schools
Known copies of map:
BL 10368.aaa.49, CUL XIX.42.70 [1877: H. Besley: 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].
Industry:
lime/cement
River and foreshore features:
weirs and waterfalls: [Salmon Weir].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1887
1:2500
1:10,560
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