Kent-Tunbridge Wells-1838
CBTM:
21289
Map Date:
1838
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.29.c.11, Vol. 3., 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:
'Map of Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, with the improvements on the Calverley Estate, 1838.'
Comments on map:
Style definitely Henshall's. Scale graduated in feet.
Scale:
1:4500
Map-maker:
S. Rhodes, Surveyor [sv], J. Henshall, No. 1 Cloudesley Terrasce, Islington, London [eng, pr].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.8 x 53.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, Parish: [County is hand-coloured].
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3.aa.19, Maps c.29.c.11, CUL Maps.D.67.83.1.
Industry:
paper/print
River and foreshore features:
springs, misc: [Chalybeate Spring], Fountain.
Gardens:
shown: [Posher houses on Calverley Estate].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Some house owners or occupants].
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top: Calverley Promenade; right: Calverley Hotel: bottom: Camden Inn, Calverley Market, Calverley Place and shops; bottom right: Calverley Hotel, Garden Front.
Relief:
slopes shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1866/72
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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