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Devonshire-Torquay-1887

CBTM:
19034
Map Date:
[1887]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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:
'Torquay'.
Comments on map:
In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 122, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 138, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 138, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 138. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]
Scale:
1:29,800
Map-maker:
Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
14.5 x 10.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads: Both buildings and road casings are on brown plate.
Road names:
generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
bathing
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BL 10108.d.13, 10108.ccc.15 [1887]; BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 122, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 138, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 138, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 138].
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Clubs and societies:
unspecified
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 2.25 cm squaring.
Ordnance Survey's
1860-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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