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Devonshire-Plymouth-1895

CBTM:
19836
Map Date:
? 1895
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 2140 (13)
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:
BLML dating is '1897', based on original owner's reciept date on cover: as the London & South Western line from Tavistock is included it is presumably post-1890. A cheap-and-cheerful job, reusing the material used by W.H. Luke [Exeter 18738], but with extended cover to north and east; smaller lettering is not very legible: a map to retreat from in disgust.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
W.H. Foster & Co, 86 Treville St, Plymouth [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63.2 x 47.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water, transport.: Railways in red: looks bad.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, naval dockyards: [Dock Yard, Keyham Docks, etc, buildings in detail, though no descriptions other that water bodies (Mast Ponds, etc)].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, public lavatories: [Lavatory (on the Hoe)].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges, town walls, misc.: [Citadel, etc, buildings in detail, though no descriptions]; military & naval hospitals.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Proposed recreation grounds [in mud north of Stonehouse].
Known copies of map:
Plymouth City Library [rough varnished copy], TNA [PRO] MPS5-RAIL 1033/100 [1890]; BLML Maps 2140(13) [1897].
Industry:
lime/cement, ship yards, rope walk, misc: Steam Laundry, Candle and Starch Factories, Cement and Tar works.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
aquariums, theatres, etc
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
public parks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
memorials, statues, misc: [Drake Statue, Armada Meml], Smeaton Tower: all on Hoe.
Cemeteries:
shown: With lettered blocks in Plymouth Cemetery.
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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