Kent-Canterbury-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21521

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

Canterbury City Library, local studies

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Canterbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR151579

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR1562

Map title:

'Plan of the City of Canterbury and its vicinity. From a recent survey.'

Comments on map:

Another version of the 'Collard' mapping [Exeter 20969-70], with a similar misgraduation of the scale. Dated 1860 in Simon Pratt, Maps of Canterbury c.1165 to c.1850: includes 'London Chatham and Dover (East Kent) Railway'. Details from modern reproduction, compared with Exeter 20969-70 for scale.

Scale:

1:9504

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

32.3 x 25.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Old Water House.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown, o

Known copies of map:

Canterbury City Library, local studies; Canterbury City Library, local studies [no.20 in Simon Pratt, Maps of Canterbury c.1165 to c.1850, Canterbury Archaeological trust, June 1995, revised January 1997].

Railways:

routes, named: No stations.

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Monastic remains.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

shown partially: ['Dungil Hill'].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Strangers House & Hall.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal: [Left: Archbishop and Dean & Chapter; right: town; St Augustines Monastry in situ].

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only, tea-gardens

Ordnance Survey's

1871-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560