Devonshire-Plymouth-1715 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20593

Map Date:

? 1715

Repository reference:

Plymouth Archives Ph.412/2

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

Map title:

'Plan of the town and citadel of Plymouth with the bay and harbour.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photograph of uncertain provenance; photo by Beedle & Cooper, Northampton, from BL or BC 18635. Elizabeth Stuart's no.74. References in English, but scale and some text on map in French, including 'Setok' [Stoke]. Possibly reduced to about 33 % of original size: scale of 1 inch to 4000 feet on photo. Devonport dockyard shown, but not town. Map may possibly be by G. Delahaye.

Scale:

1:7920

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64 x 57 [?]

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

land-use

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some prominent buildings, e.g. prison, are pictorial.

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards: [Functions of buildings noted in detail].

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only, (pictorial): No Charles Church; St Andrews in plan.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Known copies of map:

Elizabeth Stuart's no.74. Duke of Buccleuch BL or BC 18635]; Plymouth Archives Ph. 412/2 [photo].

Gardens:

shown

Relief:

'molehills'

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in sound.

Stated measuerments:

soundings

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560