Devonshire-Plymouth-1780 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22235

Map Date:

? 1780

Repository reference:

BOL Gough Maps 5, fol. 9B

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:

Not in Elizabeth Stewart, Lost landscapes... Dated c.1710-40 in BOL card-index, but clearly derives from Donn, and that and the style of engraving suggest c.1780. It might be a book illustration. Two references, one to the town and the other to the Citadel. Scale is slightly overlength for 1:12,672.

Scale:

1:12,500

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

11.3 x 17.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, misc: Fish House, Victualling Office, Store Houses.

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): St Andrews with tower, Charles with spire.

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [28 references to parts of the Citadel].

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Known copies of map:

BOL Gough Maps 5 Fol.9B.

Antiquities:

Old gates.

Decorative cartouches:

pictorial 'realistic': Title is on rock at base of 'View of Eddystone Light House', with top smoking.

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560