Devonshire-Plymouth-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18977

Map Date:

[1885]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

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 Stonehouse and Devonport'.

Comments on map:

In C.S. Ward and M.J.B. Baddeley, South Devon and South Cornwall [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau, 2nd edition 1885, f.p.138, 3rd edition, 1889, f.p.133, 4th edition, 1892, f.p.133, 5th edition, 1895, f.p. 137.

Scale:

1:11,520

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.5 x 14.6

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, transport.: Buildings light beige/brown, tramways dark.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards: In some detail.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Engineers Office; Citadel, etc, shown in some detail; p.142 mentions public tours of Devonport dockyard, conducted by 'the police', at 10.00, 11.00, 14.00, 15.00 and 16.00: so much for censorship. Dockyard similarly in some detail.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 010347.aaa.1/7, RGS library [C.S. Ward and M.J.B. Baddeley, South Devon and South Cornwall [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau: 1885 (2nd edition), 1889 (3rd edition), 1892 (4th edition), 1895 (5th edition)].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

memorials, misc: Smeatons Tr, [Drake Memorial].

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560