Devonshire-Plymouth-1775
CBTM:
18509
Map Date:
20.9.1775
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/129
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:
Six similar copies of map, which TNA [PRO] printed catalogue attributes to J.P. Desmartez. Elizabeth Stuart dates it to c.1738: useful for extent of building. Devonport ['Hamouse'] is mapped in markedly greater resolution of detail than is Plymouth.
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
F. Gould [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
98.7 x 66.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: New Quay, Kings Dock Yard [Devonport, in some detail], Gunn Wharfe.
Public buildings:
central government: Victualling Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories: [French Prison].
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
Elizabeth Stuart's numbers 116 and 118-124: TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/129 (3), Plymouth Archives 467/9; TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/129/1 (1775, copied by F.Gould) [S.118]; (copied Wm Test) [S.119] MPHH 1/129/3; [S.120] MPHH 1/129/2; [S.121] MPH 1/129/4 (5 copies); [S.122] MPHH 1/129/5; [S.123] MPHH 1/129/6; [S.124] BL Add MSS 57638 6.
Industry:
lime/cement
Relief:
slopes shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
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