Devonshire-Plymouth-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19837

Map Date:

1896

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2140 (12)

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:

Inset on 'The Port of Plymouth', with 1:42,240 enlargement (unacknowledged) from Ordnance Survey 1:63,360 New Series 1st edition in upper half, and extensive letterpess information on port facilities, etc. Entered at Stationers Hall January 1896: BM RD blue 1 FE 96.

Scale:

1:14,908

Map-maker:

Bowering & Co., Plymouth [lith], Fox Roy & Co. (Shipbroking Department), Bank Chambers, Plymouth ['issued by'].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.5 x 83.5 [overall: town 38.0 x 30.0].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, advertising

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, naval dockyards: [Dock Yard, etc, shown in detail, though only water areas described].

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town walls: [Citadel, etc, shown in detail, though only water areas described].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, misc: Proposed Recreation Ground at head of Stonehouse Lake.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2140(12), BOL C17:70 Plymouth (6).

Industry:

rope walk

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

memorials, statues: ['Drake S.', 'Armada Mem'].

Towers:

tower: ['Smeaton T'].

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map: [Fox Roy's head office highlighted by crimson disk].

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560