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Devonshire-Plymouth-1890

CBTM:
18738
Map Date:
? 1890
Repository reference:
B/PLY.1.1881.WRI
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:
'Map of Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, Stoke, Morice Town & Ford...'
Comments on map:
In W.H.K. Wright, W.H. Luke's Handy guide to Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, and the neighbourhood..., Plymouth: Luke, n.d.: internal evidence (Armada Memorial, Freedom Fields, new LSWR line) suggests 1890.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
W.H. Luke, 8 Bedford St, Plymouth [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.5 x 34.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
jetties, piers, naval dockyards: [Dockyard shown in detail, even more so than Exeter 18737, complete with dockside railways; Gun Wharf].
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, rifle ranges, town walls: [Including batteries, etc].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
West Country Studies Library B/PLY.1.1881.WRI; Plymouth City Library [different state].
Industry:
lime/cement, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, misc: Tar, Steam Laundry.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown: Unclear what letters in Plymouth cemetery denote.
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
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