Devonshire-Plymouth-1725 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19805

Map Date:

1725

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.11.82

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Plymouth

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX480540

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 4555

Map title:

'An exact plan of the royal citadel and town of Plymouth. 1725.'

Comments on map:

Elizabeth Stuart's no. 91.

Scale:

1:2400

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.5 x 50.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Usual Board of Ordnance style; just blocks in built-up area, with no detail.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, misc: The Fish-house [storage for landed fish?].

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits: Good illustration of the town's water supply.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, magazines/arsenals, town walls: [Citadel with bastions, etc, mapped in detail; Mast Ponds, Victualling Office, Ordnance Storehouses].

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

landmark tree: [The great tree].

Known copies of map:

Elizabeth Stuart's no.91. BL K.Top XI.82 [original]; Plymouth Archives Ph.355/50 [photo].

Industry:

rope walk

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Fryery.

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560