Devonshire-Plymouth-1830
CBTM:
18261
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. Published by W. Byers, 32, Fore Street, Devonport.'
Comments on map:
Scale measured as 3.125 inches to 1 mile (1:20,275). 'Engraved by the Omnigraph, F.P.Becker & Co. Patentees, London.'
Scale:
1:20,275
Map-maker:
F.P. Becker & Co., London [eng], W. Byers, 32 Fore Street, Devonport [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
31.3 x 24.9
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
breakwaters, lighthouses, naval dockyards, misc: Breakwater (with Lighthouses and Pillar, both pictorial); [Dock Yard (little detail), Gunwharf].
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, landmarks only: Only Stoke Church and a chapel at Devonport are shown, well clear of other building.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Citadel [detailed], Magazine [no detail]].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Known copies of map:
Devon & Exeter Institution (map chest).
Industry:
oil/soap etc, rope walk
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways: [Dartmoor Rail Road: curious double-ladder symbol].
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Ferries:
ferry, steam
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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