Devonshire-Torquay-1870 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18739

Map Date:

? 1870

Repository reference:

West Country Studies Library DEV.1870.SOU

Historic county:

Devonshire

Town name:

Torquay

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SX920640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SX 8956

Map title:

'Plan of Torquay, from the Ordnance Survey.'

Comments on map:

In The South of Devon and Dartmoor..., Exeter: Besley, n.d.: map facing title page shows Tavistock-Okehampton-[Exeter] and Moretonhampstead branches evidently under construction, and nothing at all to Ashburton or Sidmouth. Scale measured as 4.6 inches to 1 mile, 1:13,773.

Scale:

1:13,740

Map-maker:

Becker & Son, Stationers Court, London [eng], Henry Besley, Directory Office, South St, Exeter [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.6 x 38.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Greater attention to shape with the villas than elsewhere.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, sports grounds: [Cricket and pleasure grounds].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL [?1870, ?1876 edns]; West Country Studies Library DEV.1870.SOU; CUL XIX.42.70 [1877].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries: [Horticultural Estabt.].

Antiquities:

Kents Cavern.

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: A couple only.

Ordnance Survey's

1860-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560