Kent-Tunbridge Wells-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21500

Map Date:

? 1850

Repository reference:

Centre for Kentish Studies 18/412

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:

'Colbran's new plan of Tunbridge Wells.'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1850 by Centre for Kentish Studies: extracted from a book. Scale graduated in perches.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

Joseph Richard Lower, Tunbridge [dr], Straker & Son, lith, 80 Bishopsgate, London [lith], J. Colbran, High St, Tunbridge Wells [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.7 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Unclear why some 'ordinary' buildings are black rather than hatched.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

county

Known copies of map:

Centre for Kentish Studies 18/412

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground, heath/uncultivated

Ordnance Survey's

1866/72

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560