Devonshire-Torquay-1863 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19881

Map Date:

? 1863

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2140 (4)

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Torquay

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX920604

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 8956

Map title:

'Plan of the Town of Torquay, from the Ordnance Survey, Being a companion to the Torquay Directory. Published by Edward Cockrem, 10, Strand, Torquay.'

Comments on map:

BLML '1967' catalogue dates it '1840', which is implausible, as it includes the railway to Tor, so date of ?1863 adopted. A forerunner to the Westley map(s) [Exeter 18245]. Spot heights might be indicative of derivation from Ordnance Survey, but field boundaries, etc, might come from tithe.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

O. Angel, Exeter [lith], Edward Cockrem, 10, Strand, Torquay [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38.7 x 53.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings: Churches, Chapels, Public Schools (black), Public Institutions (stippled), Private Dwelling Houses (hatched).

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Various buildings in black, not described: could be anything (cf legend): evidently designed to tie up with directory, as evidenced by numbering of villas.

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2140(4) [dates it '1840'], CUL Maps d.18.G.73 [1858?]; BOL C17:70 Torquay (7), CUL Maps 58.86.4 [1863]; CUL Maps c.58.86.1 [later edn: is it 1865?]; BOL C17:70 Torquay(8) [1865]; CUL Maps 58.86.3 [1868]; BOL C17:70 Torquay(6) ['1896': ?1880]; TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/117 [? early 1880s: pb Croydon's Royal Library].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries: [Horticultural Estabt.].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Magnetic data:

diagram

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Some isolated examples, in style '256 Feet above the Level of the Sea'.

Ordnance Survey's

1860-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560