Kent-Tunbridge Wells-1889
CBTM:
21023
Map Date:
[1889]
Repository reference:
BLML PP.2505.ye/57
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:
'New map of Tunbridge Wells by G.W. Bacon F.R.G.S.'
Comments on map:
In Kelly's directory of Tunbridge Wells, Southborough, Tonbridge and villages in the neighbourhood, for 1889, London: Kelly, [1889], f.t.p. [also 1890, 1891]. Broken road names indicate extraction from a larger-area map.
Scale:
1:7040
Map-maker:
G.W. Bacon F.R.G.S. [author], Kelly & Co., Printers & Publishers, 51 & 52 Great Queen St, Lincolns Inn Fields, W.C. [pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
49.3 x 37.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Chalybeate Spring.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, misc: Workmens Hall.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds, recreation grounds: [Old Race Course].
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
In Bacon atlases: BLML Maps 11.c.30: [1883: 48.7 x 30.7, 1:7920, in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: in New large scale Ordnance Atlas]; BLML Maps 37.e.31, BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: 48.7 x 30.7, 1:7920, plate 89 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 19.c.2 [1889: 30.7 x 20.2, plate 95 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 33.c.2 [1891: 30.7 x 20.2, plate 87 in G.W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1891]; BLML Maps 33.b.32 [1895: G.W. Bacon (ed), Commercial and library atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1895.] In Kelly's Directory of Tunbridge Wells, 1:7040 [1889-1900+]: BL PP.2505.ye/57 [all].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, ice-skating
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
shown partially: [Various hachured mounds].
Commons:
shown: [Stippled].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown: With Mortuary.
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
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