Devonshire-Plymouth-1896
CBTM:
21424
Map Date:
[1896]
Repository reference:
BL 010351.I.3
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:
[On map:] 'Plymouth', [bottom centre:] 'Plan of Plymouth.'
Comments on map:
In The official guide to the Great Western Railway, London, Cassell, 1897 [BM receipt 30 De 96 blue], f.p. 150. Only included on grounds of completeness. Apparently photo-engraved, possibly by Walker & Boutall: see Exeter 19026-9, e.g. Bottom left: 'The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway', bottom right: 'Cassell & Company, Limited, London'. Monochrome: printed in sepia. (Some other tipped-in maps in sepia in this volume were lithographed by Wyman & Sons.)
Scale:
1:25,344*
Map-maker:
Cassell & Company, Limited, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.3 x 13.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, naval dockyards, misc: Victualling Yard. Naval dockyard in detail comparable with rest of map.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown: Two: a Chapel in Devonport, Stoke Ch. This seems symptomatic of slightly eccentric compilation.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, coastguard, castles/forts/batteries: [Citadel].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, workhouses
Known copies of map:
BL 010351.i.3.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Great Western lines accentuated with crossbars.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks
Relief:
cliffs
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
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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