Kent-Dover-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21516

Map Date:

5.1896

Repository reference:

Dover Library, local studies section [in map chest as a 'boundary map']

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:

'Plan of the borough of Dover prepared by Henry E. Stilgoe, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Borough Engineer & Surveyor. May, 1896.'

Comments on map:

Good-quality work, obviously derived from Ordnance Survey 1:2500 first edition: cf addition of Clarendon Street and Clarendon Place without dividing fences.

Scale:

1:5000

Map-maker:

Henry E. Stilgoe, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Borough Engineer & Surveyor [author], Stanford's Geographical Establishment, London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

73.0 x 79.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, piers: Also pier under construction, proposed jetties, Area proposed to be reclaimed.

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, fire stations, gas works, reservoirs, water works, misc: Drainage Works.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

barracks, coastguard, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Ordnance Store. [Includes Keep and other details at Castle].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, Ward: [Municipal boundary noted as that extended in November 1895].

Known copies of map:

Dover Library, local studies section [in map chest as a 'boundary map'].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, motive power depots, turntables, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks: With Shelter and Play Ground.

Relief:

cliffs

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Rocket Ho.

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1858-9

1:500

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1881-4

1:500

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560