Kent-Tunbridge Wells-1885
CBTM:
22395
Map Date:
? 1885
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.c.67.88.1
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:
[Top of map]: 'Pelton's enlarged map of Tunbridge Wells & neighbourhood.'; [on map, top right]: 'Road map of Tunbridge Wells and neighbourhood'.
Comments on map:
Record applies to vicinity of Tunbridge Wells only. Seems to be straightforward reduction from Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 of roads and buildings: not much urban detail. Dated c.1881-7 by CUL: has the Cuckoo Line (1881) but omits the Groombridge-Oxted line (1888).
Scale:
1:23,760
Map-maker:
Pelton litho Tunbriddge Wells [pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
66.7 x 60.7 [map area, about 9.5 x 9.0 miles: 68.7 x 65.0 overall].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, R: Parish boundaries, public footpaths, private roads.
Colouring:
roads, boundaries: Tunbridge Wells municipality pink, county boundary grey on Kent side, yellow on Sussex side.
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.67.88.1.
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1.0-mile: originates at 51.8' N, 0.16' E, north of Tunbridge Wells station.
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
spot heights
Ordnance Survey's
1866/72
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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