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Devonshire-Stonehouse-1755

CBTM:
20607
Map Date:
? 1755
Repository reference:
West Country Studies Library, Exeter, PM B/PLY/1750/GEO
Historic county:
Devonshire
Town name:
Stonehouse
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX465540
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Map title:
'Geometrical plan of Stonehouse in the county of Devon.'
Comments on map:
Purpose unclear: attractively coloured. Dated 1755 by West Country Studies Library: it is unclear why.
Scale:
1:1584
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.0 x 69.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
land-use
Buildings:
shown: A few pictorial buildings.
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
West Country Studies Library PM B/PLY/1750/GEO.
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Three at top: the coloured centre one is empty.
Relief:
cliffs
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1855
1:2500
1:10,560
1892-3
1:2500
1:10,560
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