Kent-Gravesend-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18951

Map Date:

? 1836

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/13

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Gravesend

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ647741

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 6481

Map title:

'Gravesend.'

Comments on map:

Seems to lean heavily on Exeter 18950, but without its fine details. Slightly fancy north pointer tip suggests that it is not an OS/Dawson map.

Scale:

1:7920

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

66.0 x 50.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, boundaries, land-use: Shading for Windmill Hill.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Canals:

shown, basins/docks, offices

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, misc: Two Causeways.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [New Tavern Fort, Block House Fort].

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/13.

Industry:

rope walk

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Relief:

shown partially: [Shading for Windmill Hill].

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1863

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560