Devonshire-Plymouth-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19834

Map Date:

1841

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2127 (12)

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth

Map type:

Hydrographic

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX480540

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 4555

Map title:

'Chart of Plymouth Sound and map of the towns of Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse and adjacent country from original surveys by W. Claringbull late surveyor of the Breakwater.'

Comments on map:

A sort of proto-coastal-zone map. Published November 1841. High-quality engraving.

Scale:

1:14,400

Map-maker:

W. Claringbull [hydro sv], J. Claringbull, 97 Fleet St, London [interior sv, pb], H. Owen, 2 Upper Baker St, Regents Park [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.5 x 79.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, boundaries

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, navigation aids, piers, naval dockyards: [Dock yard, Gun Wharf, Royal William Victualling Yard all shown in detail; Trinity Obelisk on the Hoe: pictorial].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Leats supplying towns.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: [Citadel shown in detail]; military hospitals, Guard House, Ordnance Office, Laboratory, etc.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

BLML 2127 (12), RGS Eng & Wales S.634, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 178 [1841, pub Claringbull]; BLML 2123 (3); RGS 14.C.79 [1843: pb R. White Stevens].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, glass, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Canvas Manufactory.

Railways:

routes, named

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Clubs and societies:

yacht, boat, learned societies

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Section of Breakwater, and notes on tides and latitude and longitude of Breakwater.

Relief:

slopes shown

Borders:

keyboard type: Good imitation of Ordnance Survey style.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

columns: [[Devonport] Column].

Dedicee of map:

Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Stated measuerments:

soundings

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560