Kent-Folkestone-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21512

Map Date:

1851

Repository reference:

East Kent Archives FO/PC 12/1

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Sandgate, Folkestone

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TR229359

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 1937

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Folkestone shewing sewers &c 1851'.

Comments on map:

Includes line of sewers at Sandgate in Folkestone parish. Signed by Martin Bulmer, Surveyor, 1851, but unclear how much is his work. Light on non-sanitary names and descriptions.

Scale:

1:792

Map-maker:

John B. Horne, Folkestone [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

210 x 98

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, sanitation

Colouring:

Buildings, water, utilities

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Some shown in some detail, some as frontages only, others possibly wholly omitted.

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours

Sanitary and utility information:

sewers, misc: Gratings, also named dykes and drains. Sewers constructed by contract in 1851 are red, those previously constructed are blue: diameters, distances from houses and depths to bottom are given, and one is noted as egg-shaped.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Known copies of map:

East Kent Archives FO/PS 17/1.

Railways:

routes, named: Outer fences only.

River and foreshore features:

misc: High Water Mark Extraordinary Spring Tide.

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Stairs.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: Sewer diameters, distances from houses, depths to bottom of sewer, some gradients.

Ordnance Survey's

1871

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560