Kent-Tunbridge Wells-1863 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21027

Map Date:

7.1863

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3110 (9)

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:

'Brackett's new map of Tunbridge Wells.'

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

Henry H. Cronk, Architect & Surveyor, Tunbridge Wells [author], Newman & Co., Lith. Watling St. London [lith], Wm Brackett, 5 & 6 Upper Parade [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

43.2 x 34.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Infilled solid.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Chalybeate Spring.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: U-shaped area corresponds to Cricket Ground.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

county

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3110(9), BOL C17:70 Tunbridge Wells (1), CUL Maps 67.86.2.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Pecked line for proposed line to Uckfield.

Gardens:

nurseries

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: [Nyes Repository].

Miscellaneous physical features:

Toad Rock.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1866/72

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560