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Devonshire-Plymouth-1898

CBTM:
20602
Map Date:
? 1898
Repository reference:
Plymouth Central Library, Local Studies
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:
[At top:] 'Eyre's directory map of Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, and neighbourhood.' [At bottom:] 'Map of Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, and neighbourhood.'
Comments on map:
A rough thing, even more so than Luke/Foster [Exeter 18738, etc]: names often not legible against building hatching. Dated 1898 by Plymouth Library.
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
56.0 x 41.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, naval dockyards: [Dockyard and citadel buildings shown in detail, but not many named].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, drill halls, misc.: Military & naval hospitals.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, misc: Marine Biological Laboratory.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
Plymouth Central Library, Local Studies [repaired: gone at folds].
Industry:
misc: Steam Laundry; industrial sites in Coxside, etc, not described.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Outline of fences.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks: With Bandstand.
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat
Monuments:
memorials, statues, misc: [Drake's Statue, Armada Memorial], Smeaton's Tower.
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
depots
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Exhibition Fields.
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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