Plymouth-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21458

Map Date:

[1892]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 33.a.5

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 and Devonport'.

Comments on map:

Plate 61 in John Bartholomew (ed), Black's Handy Atlas of England & Wales, London: Black, 1892. Included on grounds of consistency only. [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 2600 copies of this atlas were printed on 21 March 1892.]

Scale:

1:27,000

Map-maker:

John Bartholomew & Co. [author, pr], A. & C. Black, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.0 x 17.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use: Open spaces green.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, naval dockyards, misc: Ballast Pond. Dockyards shown in same detail as other areas.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

landmarks only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, misc, m, a, R, i, n, e, b, i, o, l, o, g, i, c, a, l, l, a, b, o, R, t, y, .

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 33.a.5.

Industry:

chemicals, ship yards, oil/soap etc, timber

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

memorials, misc: [Drake Memorial, Armada Memorial], Smeaton Tower.

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