Devonshire-Plymouth-1835 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20600

Map Date:

1835

Repository reference:

Plymouth Central Library, Local Studies

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Plymouth

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX480540

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 4555

Map title:

'Plan of the wards of the Borough of Plymouth, as laid down by the commissioners appointed under the Municipal Reform Act 1835.'

Comments on map:

Map of uncertain provenance; recorded from photocopy of uncertain provenance. Main streets and boundaries only; only included on grounds of scale. From a book.

Scale:

1:9000

Map-maker:

- Thomas, Bookseller [? pb: nearly illegible].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

33.0 x 21.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, wharfs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Citadel].

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward, boundary markers

Known copies of map:

Plymouth Central Library, Local Studies [photo].

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560