Kent-Dover-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21496

Map Date:

1851

Repository reference:

Centre for Kentish Studies 18/646-647

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Dover

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR318416

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 3247

Map title:

'Plan of the borough of Dover in the county of Kent as surveyed by order of the Local Board of Health under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1848, and in the Mayoralities of Steriker Finnis Esq. and Thomas Birch Esq. by Rowland Rees. 1850-51.'

Comments on map:

Dyeline copy. Scale stated as 2 feet; scale-bar graduated in chains.

Scale:

1:2640

Map-maker:

Rowland Rees [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

138 x 120

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, jetties, piers, misc: Groynes.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works: [Gasworks seems to be shown in plan].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Only Anglican named: others emphasised but unnamed.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Outline only of unnamed fortifications].

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc, boundary markers: Evidently limit of Board's area; with boundary stones and their marks.

Known copies of map:

Centre for Kentish Studies Map 18/646-647; Dover LS MCD 2.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, ship yards, misc: Oilcake works; Engine Ho. at Patent Slip.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations, misc: Air Shaft above tunnel.

Gardens:

shown

Miscellaneous:

Pecked lines are the 1:528 sheetlines, though not so described.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Paper Mill (in ruin).

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, spot heights, other: Bench-marks and river-bed depths to 0.01 ft, spot-heights to 0.1 ft. (Datum not given.)

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1858-9

1:500

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1881-4

1:500

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560