Devonshire-Plymouth-1820
CBTM:
18259
Map Date:
1820
Repository reference:
Plymouth Central Library, Local Studies
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:
'Borough of Plymouth, engraved by John Cook.'
Comments on map:
Included in Interesting particulars, relative to the Breakwater, now constructing in Plymouth Sound. Union St, Stonehouse, is off the map.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
John Cooke [eng], Mrs. E. Nile, 48 Union St, Stonehouse [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
30.5 x 22.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
navigation aids
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: [Citadel (in detail), Battery], Tower [pictorial] on Mount Batten.
Public/administrative boundaries:
boundary markers
Known copies of map:
BLML 533.e.30(9), BOL (E) C17:70 Plymouth (49), CUL E.25.43,3, Maps.58.82.1, NLS 3.603(4), Plymouth City Library, Plymouth Archives folder, West Country Studies Library LM B/PLY/1820/COO
Industry:
ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways: Dartmoor Rail Road.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Intended New Square (north-west of Citadel).
Retail activity:
publisher of map: Engraving & copper-plate Printing Office.
Dedicee of map:
Mayor, Commonalty and Inhabitants.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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