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Plymouth-1788

CBTM:
18510
Map Date:
1788
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1434
Town name:
Torpoint, Millbrook, Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX480540
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Map title:
'General plan of Plymouth, with the situation of the Dock Yard, Citadel, Maker Heights, and the environs...'
Comments on map:
Not quite so detailed or full of content as Exeter 18509, e.g. no rural field boundaries.
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
R. Sturt [dr], Lt Col Durnford, CRE [dir].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
144.5 x 102.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, other: Hachures.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: [Dock yard and gun wharf named, but no internal details].
Public buildings:
central government: [Victualling Office].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Citadel, mapped in detail].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Known copies of map:
Elizabeth Stuart's number 186: TNA [PRO] MR 1/1434 [original]; Plymouth Archives Ph.359 [photo].
Relief:
slopes shown
Ordnance Survey's
1892-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1863
1:2500
1:10,560
1884
1:2500
1:10,560
1892
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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