Kent-Maidstone-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20995

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 197.f.29

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:

'Map of the town and environs of Maidstone, in the county of Kent..'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1860 in BLML 1967 catalogue, which looks possible.

Scale:

1:3564

Map-maker:

J. Agar Bone, Surveyor, Maidstone [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

81.3 x 63.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Lock House [by river].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 197.f.29.

Industry:

food/drink, oil/soap etc, uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, museums

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1865-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560