Devonshire-Plymouth-1841
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
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