Kent-Dover-1844 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21495

Map Date:

1844

Repository reference:

Centre for Kentish Studies U.1535.P.5

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Dover

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR318416

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 3247

Map title:

'A map of the town and port of Dover, from an actual survey made in 1844 by Small & Son, Dover.'

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

Small & Son, Dover [sv], W. Batcheller, Dover [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.8 x 47.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, piers, boat houses, misc: Pilot House, Compass House, Clock House, Dry Dock, Reservoir.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Penal:

misc: Old Gaol Ground.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, (pictorial), misc.: Ordnance Office. [Forts, etc: some buildings in castle].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3112(1) [not found 10:9:03], CUL Maps.d.18.G.177, Centre for Kentish Studies U.1535/P5; Centre for Kentish Studies Map 18/110 [photocopy]; East Kent Archives DHB Addnl/P74/1,2.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: 'The borough of Dover', showing parishes, about 1:21,120.

Relief:

cliffs: Rock-ornament.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1858-9

1:500

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1881-4

1:500

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560