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Plymouth-1763

CBTM:
19809
Map Date:
30.5.1763
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.11.78.2 [portfolio]
Town name:
Torpoint, Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX480540
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Comments on map:
Elizabeth Stuart's no.117. Of much greater interest at Devonport than at Plymouth; the military interest or motivation is much greater than the civil.
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
Thomas Smart [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
98.0 x 65.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Agricultural land use, hachuring, foreshore.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Quite detailed at Hamouse, usual block-approach at Plymouth.
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: [King's dockyard buildings shown in detail, but no internal descriptions; Gunn wharf, Victualling Office].
Places of Worship:
landmarks only: Only described at Maker and Stoke; St Andrews Plymouth also apparent.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: [Citadel shown in detail, but no internal descriptions]; pictorial tower at Mount Batten.
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
Elizabeth Stuart's no.117: BL K.Top XI.78.2 [in cabinet/portfolio] [original]; Plymouth Archives Ph.355/14 [photo].
Industry:
lime/cement, rope walk
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown
Relief:
slopes shown: 'Plateauey'.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Agricultural land-use is apparently carefully mapped.
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1857-9
1:2500
1:10,560
1884
1:2500
1:10,560
1892-3
1:2500
1:10,560
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