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Plymouth-1830

CBTM:
18804
Map Date:
? 1830
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/10 [II]
Town name:
Torpoint, Devonport, Stonehouse, Plymouth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX480540
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX4555
Map title:
'Cooke's new plan of Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse.'
Comments on map:
Prices: 1s 6d 'in sheets', 1s 9d 'on Extra Paper': engraved from two plates, the larger no more than about 29 x 27 cm. Below title is 'Plymouth Royal Victoria Spa. Mineral & Medical Spring-water fresh from the Pumps, in the Saloon, at the Royal Union Baths.' Apart from title, no other information on making, engraving or publishing.
Scale:
1:12,672
Map-maker:
[John] Cooke [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
44.0 x 25.5 [when mounted together, as here].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: Dock yard (little detail), Gun Wharf (in detail).
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Stoke church only is pictorial.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Pictorial tower on Mt Batten.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 2140(16), NLS EME.s.100, TNA [PRO] T72/10 [II], TNA [PRO] T72/14.
Industry:
ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk
Railways:
named, industrial tramways/waggonways
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile, not lettered or figured.
Ferries:
ferry
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
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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