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Plymouth-1793

CBTM:
18511
Map Date:
1793
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1176
Town name:
Torpoint, St Germans, Millbrook, Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Plympton Earle
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX480540
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 4555
Map title:
'Plan of Plymouth and its environs.'
Comments on map:
Not as detailed even in towns as Exeter 18511. Essentially a rural map, with 'hedges' indicating field boundaries.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
R. Sturt & A. Spicer [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
216 X 131
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: [Dockyard and gun wharf named, but no details].
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Citadel shown in detail, but unnamed].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Known copies of map:
Elizabeth Stuart's number 194: TNA [PRO] MR 1/1176 (WO 78/345).
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
1861-2
1:2500
1:10,560
1863
1:2500
1:10,560
1883
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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