Kent-Margate-1821 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21288

Map Date:

12.1821

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.29.c.11, Vol 3, f.9

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Margate

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR355710

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 3566

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Margate by W. Edmunds.'

Comments on map:

For guide-book.

Scale:

1:7500

Map-maker:

W. Edmunds [author], Savis Sc. 10 Compton Str. Brunswk. Squ. London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

20.2 x 16.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, piers

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Boundary of the Town.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps C.29.c.11, Vol 3, f.9 ['loose' copy], Margate Lib. [in W.Edmunds, Margate [pub], New Margate, Ramsgate & Broadstairs Guide, 7th edn, p.26].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Relief:

shown partially, cliffs

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Promenade.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: [Libraries].

Ordnance Survey's

1872-3

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560