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Kent-Tunbridge Wells-1832

CBTM:
21482
Map Date:
[1832]
Repository reference:
BL 10358.f.33
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Tunbridge Wells
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ582396
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 5944
Map title:
[Main map:] 'Tunbridge Wells & Calverley.', [subsiduary map:] 'Calverley Park & Plain.'
Comments on map:
In John Britton, Descriptive sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate, London: Britton, Longman, etc, 1832: main map precedes title, subsidiary map f.p. 48. Subsidiary map at 1:5280*.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
R.W. Billings [dr], B.R. Davies [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.2 x 17.7, 20.2 x 17.5
Number of parts:
2
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: 'New Church' shown by pictogram with tower.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: With Stand.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, Parish
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.d.18.G.130 [1821: in B.R. Davies, Topographical sketches...]; BL 10358.f.33, G.3926, BOL G.A.Kent 8o 103, CUL Maps.c.67.83.1 [book at VIII.18.14] [1832: in Descriptive sketches of Tunbridge Wells].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, warehousing, uncertain: [Repository], Manufactory, Workshops.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: [On Calverley map only].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
On main map: top left: Baston Cottage; bottom right: plan of church, with pews, 1:720 [this is presumably the 'New Church']; on supplementary map: three views of lodges.
Relief:
shown partially
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Gates to Calverley Park.
Towers:
tower: [Culverden Tower: pictorial].
Miscellaneous physical features:
Rocks [pictorial].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Other land-uses & land-cover:
building ground: [On Calverley part only].
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1866/72
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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