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Devonshire-Plymouth-1848

CBTM:
20601
Map Date:
1848
Repository reference:
Plymouth Central Library, Local Studies
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:
'A new map of Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, Stoke & Morice Town, with the railways & recent improvements.'
Comments on map:
Not a very refined map.
Scale:
1:7128
Map-maker:
W.H. Maddock, Plymouth [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
65.8 x 42.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, naval dockyards: Great Western Docks by shown pecked lines; [dockyard basins and buildings shown and described in detail, as is Steam Yard].
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, misc: Leats.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Royal William Victualling Yard, Admirals and Goverment houses; pictorial tower on Mt Batten, military & naval hospitals.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Plymouth City Library, Local Studies [damaged at folds], CUL Maps d.18.G.100.
Industry:
food/drink, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber
Railways:
routes, named, industrial tramways/waggonways: [Dartmoor Railway]: pecked lines only at Millbay Station.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: Camera Obscura.
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
obelisks
Post and telegraphs:
visual telegraphs
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
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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