Devonshire-Plymouth-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18299

Map Date:

[1830]

Repository reference:

Devon & Exeter Institution (map chest)

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX480540

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 4555

Map title:

'The three towns of Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport.'

Comments on map:

Outside border: bottom left, note that drawn by Brindley; bottom right, 'Engraved by Lionel James Pelham, London.' Issued in Robert Brindley, The Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Directory, Devonport: Byers, 1830. Scale measured as 3 1/16 inch to 1 mile (1:20,688). Overall a rather sketchy effect.

Scale:

1:20,688

Map-maker:

Robert Brindley, Architect & Surveyor, Devonport [dr, pb], Lionel James Pelham, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.8 x 18.0

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards: Scanty details of dockyard; 'Flag Ship' off Mutton Cove.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Victualling Office; Citadel shown in detail.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2507.bdp, BLML Maps 2140 (2), Devon & Exeter Institution (in book, also loose), Plymouth City Library (loose), Plymouth Archives 850/35 [photo], West Country Studies Library MM B/PLY/1829/BRI [1830: in in Robert Brindley, The Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Directory, Devonport: Byers, 1830]. BL 10361.a.1 [1833: f.t.p. in Henry E. Carrington, The Plymouth and Devonport guide, Devonport: Byers, 1833: ed 2]; BL 10368.aa.22 [1840.c: in Carrington, The Plymouth and Devonport guide,ed 2]; BOL G.A.Devon 16o 138 [1843: Carrington, The Plymouth and Devonport guide]; BL 1606/1474 [1850.c Carrington, The Plymouth and Devonport guide].

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560