Kent-Maidstone-1839 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21470

Map Date:

[1839]

Repository reference:

BL 796.b.17

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Maidstone

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ761558

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7756

Map title:

'Maidstone.'

Comments on map:

Preceding title-page in Topography of Maidstone and its environs..., Maidstone: J. Smith, 1839. Only included on grounds of scale.

Scale:

1:21,120*

Map-maker:

Tootell, Land Surveyor [author], J.R. Jobbins, Litho [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

8.0 x 15.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

BL 796.b.17, CUL VIII.26.28,2-.

Ordnance Survey's

1865-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560