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Middlesex-Kensington-1820

CBTM:
22277
Map Date:
1.6.1820
Repository reference:
BL 10359.g.8
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Kensington
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ255795
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3080
Map title:
'A map of the parish of Kensington 1820'.
Comments on map:
F.p.[1] of Thomas Faulkner, History and antiquities of Kensington, London: Egerton, etc. Litho quality not very good, but adequate to the occasion.
Scale:
1:22,000
Map-maker:
T. Faulkner [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.3 x 24.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BL 10359.g.8 [original]; Kensington Local Studies [photo]; BL Maps 56.e.20, Bishopgate L.18, BOL C17:70 London c.5, CUL Atlas.5.97.32] [1971: in B.R. Curle & P.K. Mera, historical atlas of Kensington & Chelsea, Kensington & Chelsea Public Libraries].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
shown partially: [A few mounds].
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1861-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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