Devonshire-Plympton Earle-1793 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19334

Map Date:

? 1793

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Plympton Earle

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX543557

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 5355

Map title:

'Plympton Maurice in the county of Devon'.

Comments on map:

Transcript, retaining parcel numbers but without reference, of what is described on the title page as 'Palmer's Map of Plympton, 1793', in J. Brooking Rowe, A history of the borough of Plympton Earle, Exeter: Commin, 1906, f.p. 412.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

David Palmer [sv, dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.0 x 31.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] Library.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: 'South View of Plympton House'.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Town seal].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1861-2

1:2500

1:10,560