Aldershot-1888 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19840

Map Date:

1888

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2560 (14)

Town name:

Aldershot, Farnham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU865505

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 8751

Map title:

'The military map of Aldershot and surrounding country.'

Comments on map:

Bottom right: 'From special survey made in 1888 by Gale & Polden'.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Gale & Polden, Chatham & Aldershot [sv, eng, pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.0 X 81.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, boundaries: Contours.

Road names:

inside built-up area only: Very fragmentary.

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, rifle ranges, misc.: Supply Depot, H.Q. Offices, etc: the various barrack blocks named or lettered.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML 2560 (14) [1888]; BLML 2560 (7) [1893].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

slopes shown

Commons:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Estate boundary ownership:

fragmentary: ['Government Boundary'].

Stated measuerments:

contours, spot heights

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:2500

1:10,560

1870

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1871

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:2500

1:10,560