Westmorland-Kendal-1798 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22411

Map Date:

1798

Repository reference:

BL 290.i.33

Historic county:

Westmorland

Town name:

Kendal

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD517921

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 4696

Map title:

'A plan of Kendal in the county of Westmoreland.'

Comments on map:

In John Housman, A topographical description of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, and a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Carlisle: Jollie, London: Law, Clarke, 1800, f.p. 233.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J. Lowes [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.0 x 18.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BL 290.i.33, BOL Gough Cumberland 8.

Industry:

food/drink

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Castle.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left, partly obscured by plain cartouche: unidentified house; bottom right: west view of church.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560