Kent-Maidstone-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21503

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

Centre for Kentish Studies TR 1650/1

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Maidstone

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ761558

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7756

Map title:

'A plan of the ancient parish of Maidstone in the county of Kent subdivided into parishes for ecclesiastical purposes 1860'.

Comments on map:

Photocopy of original in Maidstone Museum. Ex-Church Commissioners, stamped 28 Feb 1860; thin on detail and only included on grounds of scale. Some numbers appear: possibly tithe area numbers.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

Tootell Surveyor Maidstone [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

88 x 70

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, boundaries

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Only a few outlying 'ordinary' buildings shown.

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: With dedications.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

mental

Education and academic:

schools: [Only one shown].

Public/administrative boundaries:

ecclesiastical districts

Known copies of map:

Centre for Kentish Studies TR 1650/1 [photo of original in Maidstone museum].

Industry:

uncertain: Turkey Mill, Springfield Mill [in fact paper].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

poultry-keeping, misc: [Poultry House: presumably as boundary marker], College Farm Yard.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1865-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560