Devonshire-Plymouth-1755
CBTM:
20609
Map Date:
[1755]
Repository reference:
West Country Studies Library SM B/PLY/1760/BAL
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Plymouth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX480540
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Map title:
'A plan of the town and citadel of Plymouth in the County of Devon.'
Comments on map:
Elizabeth Stuart's no.108. 'for the Lond. Mag.', top right: for London Magazine, Vol.24, 1755, facing p.32. West Country Studies Library dates it c.1760; outline looks post-Donne. Separate references to town and citadel.
Scale:
1:12,000
Map-maker:
R. Baldwin, Pater Noster Row [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
11.2 x 17.7 [map: plate 11.3 x 17.8].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Store Houses, Fish House.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, misc.: [28 references to bastions, towers, etc in Citadel]; pictorial tower on Mt Batton.
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Elizabeth Stuart's no.108: BL PP 5108 [London Magazine/Gentleman's Magazine run], BOL Hope Adds 410, NLS Q.6, West Country Studies Library SM B/PLY/1760/BAL [dates it c.1760].
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: View of Eddystone Light Ho, with title on 'rock' below; ships in background.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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