Kent-Dover-1898 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19015

Map Date:

[1898]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

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:

'Dover'.

Comments on map:

In E.D. Jordan, ed, Black's Guide to Canterbury and the watering places of East Kent, [no edn stated], London: Adam & Charles Black, 1898, f.p.40, and 14th edition, 1900, f.p.41.

Scale:

1:18,103

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author, pr], London, A. & C. Black [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.7 x 16.1

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, transport., other: Tramways shown by brown dots, on buildings plate: uncased buildings.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

jetties, piers: Piers named.

Sanitary and utility information:

public lavatories: ['Lav.'].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

coastguard, castles/forts/batteries: [Citadel, Redoubt, Castle, all in some detail, and 'Turret 80 Ton Gun' on end of Admiralty Pier].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 10347.bbb.18, RGS Library [1898: in E.D. Jordan, ed, Black's Guide to Canterbury and the watering places of East Kent, [no edn stated], London: Adam & Charles Black, 1898, f.p.40]; BL10347.bbb.28, RGS Library [1900 in E.D. Jordan, ed, Black's Guide to Canterbury and the watering places of East Kent, 14th edition, 1900, f.p.41].

Industry:

timber

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Clubs and societies:

yacht, boat

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

memorials

Reference system:

squaring

Towers:

clock tower

Street tramways:

routes shown: Brown dots.

Garden and park buildings:

summer houses

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, eating houses: [Refreshment Rooms].

Ordnance Survey's

1858-9

1:500

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1881-4

1:500

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560