Old Maps of Plymouth
The old maps of Plymouth show the
changes over time.
Engraved by John Cooke,
Stonehouse, Plymouth 1820. See how Millbay and Stonehouse Creek eat into the
hinterland of Plymouth, Stonehouse Creek almost going all the way around the
back of the town of Plymouth.[1]
Drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. Illustrations drawn and
engraved by H. Bibby. Published by John Tallis & Company, London & New
York. It shows Stoke
This map is post 1765, the
fortifications were done around that time.
The photo on the left shows: The Citadel is at left and the
fortifications of Plymouth Dock at right - this is a sort of upside down kind
of map. The faint map on the right was drawn by the French.
Note walls completely encircling
Plymouth. Also see just how far the "Mill Bay" encroached into
Plymouth and made at one time that part of Plymouth along the bottom of Union
Street - into a salt marsh.
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