Plymouth-1879 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18743

Map Date:

[1879]

Repository reference:

West Country Studies Library DEV.1879.HAN

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:

SX 4555

Map title:

'Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport.'

Comments on map:

In A handbook for travellers in Devonshire, 9th edition, London: Murray, 1879, f.p. 101.

Scale:

1:25,344

Map-maker:

Edwd Weller [author], John Murray, Albemarle St, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.2 x 16.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards: [Dockyards shown in detail, though not much is described].

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Redoubt.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Known copies of map:

BL 10028.ccc.3, West Country Studies Library DEV.1879.N [1879]; BL 10028.cc.28, RGS [1887, ed 10]; BL 2364.a.9, West Country Studies Library DEV.1895.HAN [1895, ed 11].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Includes North Road Station, but omits the north side of the triangle. Goods facilities shown only at Friary station, but there is (unamed) London & South Western Railway in Devonport.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Monuments:

obelisks

Reference system:

squaring

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

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