Devonshire-Plymouth-1870
CBTM:
23335
Map Date:
? 1870
Repository reference:
RGS England & Wales S/S.7
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:
'Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse, with the recent improvements'.
Comments on map:
RGS dates it c.1870: includes the Cornwall Railway and the R.C. cathedral.
Scale:
1:14,400
Map-maker:
W. Wood, Fore St, Devonport [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
33.0 x 23.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
clergy residences, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, naval dockyards, river stairs: [Naval dockyards shown in some detail].
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
uncertain: Could be parishes or wards.
Known copies of map:
RGS Eng & Wales S/S 7 [513993].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, oil/soap etc, furniture/pottery, timber, misc: Coach Factory, Starch Works.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Camera [Obscura: on Hoe].
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat, Freemasons, mechanics institutes, learned societies
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
columns, obelisks: [Devonport Column].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: R.A. Show Yard.
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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