Devonshire-Plymouth-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19035

Map Date:

[1887]

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

Comments on map:

In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 123, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 139, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 139, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 139. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]

Scale:

1:33,500

Map-maker:

Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

14.7 x 9.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Tramway.

Colouring:

Buildings, roads: Both buildings and road casings are on brown plate.

Road names:

generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards: In detail.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Dockyard, Citadel, etc, shown in as much detail as the scale will permit.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 10108.d.13, 10108.ccc.15 [1887]; BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 123, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 139, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 139, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 139].

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Reference system:

squaring: 2.30 cm squaring.

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560