Devonshire-Plymouth-1897 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18247

Map Date:

[1897]

Repository reference:

Devon RO [open access]

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Plymouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX480540

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 4555

Map title:

'Plan of Plymouth'.

Comments on map:

Inset on 'Kelly's Map of Devon' in Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, London: Kelly's Directories, 1897. At the limits of our scale-range. Not quite so uninformative as Exeter [Exeter 18246], but withal a gloomy, institutional outlook on things.

Scale:

1:25,344

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

15.0 x 12.9

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2505.ybm.+DIR.23, Devon RO [open access].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1892-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560