Kent-Maidstone-1823 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18316

Map Date:

4.3.1823

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/13

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Maidstone

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ761558

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7756

Map title:

'Map of the Town of Maidstone in the County of Kent, from an actual survey made in 1821 by Brown and Son, Maidstone'.

Comments on map:

Lack of descriptions in more built-up part.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

Brown and Son, Maidstone [sv, pb], 'Coventry Engraver & Printer, 23 St Swithins Lane, Lombard St London' [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

81.0 x 60.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories: [Internal plan of gaol indicated, though not described].

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3110(49), Centre for Kentish Studies U.384/P1, TNA [PRO] T72/13; Centre for Kentish Studies 18/444 [reproduction].

Industry:

misc, food/drink, textiles, timber: Timber Yard with Coke Ovens.

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: south-west view of parish church.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1865-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560