Maps of Torbay

Maps of Torbay

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Dartmoor, Devon

This drawing shows the estuary of the River Dart flowing into the English Channel. Numerous slate and limestone quarries surround the busy port at Dartmouth Harbour. Dartmouth Port also served the tin and copper mines on Dartmoor. Tan yards are marked at Totnes and Ashburton. Many cider orchards are noted. An Old Cross is drawn at Saint Petrocks (St Petrox) near the ruins of a castle across the estuary at Kiln Cove. Another castle appears at Totnes. The ancient earthworks at Woodbury Camp and many other early settlements are recorded in this area. While the authorship of this drawing is unknown, the elaborate hill shading and attention to communications routes conform to the military and cartographic standards employed by the West Country survey. The map is made up of three pieces. Its margins are trimmed and the drawing is in good condition.
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Ashburton(002OSD000000001U00018000)

Draughtsmen used the colour red to indicate stone, so the unbroken red line around Huntingdon Warren in the centre of the,map means that it was enclosed by a stone wall., Field boundaries are also shown, with those in red again representing stone walls., Notably, the draughtsman has drawn pecked red lines on this map, most obviously at Yealm River in the central left area., These may have represented stone circles., Place names are truncated where the margins of the manuscript have been trimmed. Dawson, Robert
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Ivybridge (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Ivybridge (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Torquay (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Torquay (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Torbay, Devon

Relief is shown on this drawing by dense brushwork interlining ('hachures'), with the summits of inclines left bare. It is partly the concern with accurate representation of relief that sets these drawings apart from the earlier county maps. Individual trees are shown with their shadows falling to the left. Rocky outcrops in Tor Bay are shown and the beach is tinted yellow. Quarter-inch squares, used to facilitate copying or reduction of the map, can be seen in pencil around the coastline. The drawing has been titled in ink and the scale is noted in the bottom left. It is not orientated to the north. Stanley, William
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Modbury, Devon

This drawing plots the estuaries of the Rivers Erme and Avon on the south Devon coast., The survey date is noted at the bottom right of the manuscript, along with the scale., The draughtsman is unknown, but the elaborate hill-shading and attention to communications routes conform to the military and cartographic standards employed in the overall survey., Square gridlines in pencil are visible at the boundaries of the map, made to facilitate copying.
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Ashburton(002OSD000000001U00017000)

Draughtsmen would sometimes rotate the area they were mapping to fit in to the available paper. Hence, this map is not orientated with north at the top. Earthworks around Ashburton and Ashburton Down, near the bottom of the drawing, are depicted by short, open, circular strokes ('hachures') in black. Around Holne Chase, to the left of the picture, feathered arrows describe the flow of the River Dart beyond two points of confluence. Dawson, Robert
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Devonshire CX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CX.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CX.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.NW & NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.NW & NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.NW & NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.NW & NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CVII.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CVII.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXVI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CVII.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CVII.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXXII.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXXII.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Devonshire CXXII.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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