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Kent-Folkestone-1885

CBTM:
18315
Map Date:
? 1885
Repository reference:
[Private collection]
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Folkestone
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TR229359
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TR 1937
Map title:
'J. Sherwood's Map and Views of Folkestone'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from Kent County Council reproduction. Possibly OS-derived: cf triangular lighthouse on pier. (Centre for Kentish Studies dates it '1860.c', which seems much too early.)
Scale:
1:6600
Map-maker:
John English, Lithographer, Folkestone [lith], J. Sherwood, House and Estate Agent, 3 and 5 Sandgate Rd, Folkestone [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
55.2 x 43.5 [map area 36.2 x 21.0].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
fragmentary: For location purposes.
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
groynes, harbours, misc: Sundry marine detail, implying Ordnance Survey derivation.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [Evidently thus].
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.67.87.2, Centre for Kentish Studies U.36 P.28 [original]; PC [photo].
Industry:
food/drink
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified: [With high water mark of ordinary tides].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Clubs and societies:
misc: Institute.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Ten views surround map: large ones of The Leas and Marine Parade (with numerous bathing machines), both with regulation-issue choppy sea, also 'J. Sherwood, family grocer and house agent', and baths: all but one of the others is a hotel or boarding estblishment, some of which also appear in the large views.
Relief:
cliffs
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff, post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
publisher of map: 'Sherwood's Office'.
Ordnance Survey's
1871
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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