Devonshire-Plymouth-1590 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19716

Map Date:

? 1590

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 186.h.1(41)

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX480540

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 4555

Comments on map:

'Rotograph' copy by Office of Works, 1938, from original at Hatfield House. Despite scale, there is really no urban detail: an undetailed birds-ete view. The copy is at 87 per cent of original size, so scale and dimensions have been compensated.

Scale:

1:6000*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

77.0 x 54.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Conventionalised: no detail of streets.

Water transport infrastructure:

navigation aids

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Known copies of map:

Elizabeth Stuart's no.6. Hatfield Ho Map 1/41 [original] [S.6]; BLML Maps 186.h.1(35), Plymouth Archives Ph.155 [photos].

Relief:

'molehills'

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560