Kent-Margate-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21487

Map Date:

[1900]

Repository reference:

BL 010347.de.107

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 Margate.'

Comments on map:

Frontispiece in A new pictorial and descriptive guide to Margate, north-east Kent and Canterbury, London: Ward Lock, [1900]. Cartography could almost be Bartholomew. Appears to be straightforward abstraction from Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:16,632

Map-maker:

George Philip & Son, London & Liverpool [author], Ward Lock & Co. Ltd, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.8 x 14.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

jetties, navigation aids, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican with dedications; 'Cha' elsewhere.

Defence and military:

coastguard

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing

Known copies of map:

Margate Lib. Y002.33 [1899]; BL 010347.de.107 [1900].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1872-3

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560