Kent-Maidstone-1884 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18318

Map Date:

1884

Repository reference:

blml mAPS 3110 (12)

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Maidstone

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ761558

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7756

Map title:

'Map of the town of Maidstone in the County of Kent, 1884. Published by J. Tootell & Sons, Surveyors, Maidstone.'

Comments on map:

Looks like straightforward derivative from Ordnance Survey 1:2500.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

Sprauge & Co. Photo-Lithographers, London E.C. [lith], J. Tootell & Sons, Surveyors, Maidstone [pb], J. Burgiss Brown, Printer &c, 18 Week St, Maidstone [sold by].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

85.0 x 55.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Very few non-Anglican ones, especially compared with the 1848 map [Exeter 18317].

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3110(12), BOL C17:70 Maidstone (1), CUL Maps.67.88.2, Centre for Kentish Studies Md/P1 [1884]; Centre for Kentish Studies 18/443 [reproduction].

Industry:

food/drink, oil/soap etc, paper/print

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

public parks

Garden and park buildings:

misc: Fountain.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

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