Kent-Ramsgate-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21478

Map Date:

[1873]

Repository reference:

BL 10352.bb.32(2)

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Ramsgate

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR380650

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 3566

Map title:

'Map of Ramsgate.'

Comments on map:

Extremely crude lithograph (anastatic?): at front of The best and cheapest Margate & Ramsgate guide, Margate: All booksellers, n.d. [tide-tables are for July-October 1873]. Only admitted on grounds of scale.

Scale:

1:9000*

Map-maker:

John R. Collett, Architect & Surveyor, Ramsgate [author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.0 x 17.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontages only, by crude hatching.

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, navigation aids, piers, misc: Powder Magazine.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

drill halls

Known copies of map:

BL 10352.bb.32(2), Margate Library.

Industry:

ship yards

Relief:

cliffs

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1871-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560