Middlesex-Kensington-1847 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22274

Map Date:

[1847]

Repository reference:

BL 10350.d.15

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Kensington

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ255795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Diagrams of the parish of St Mary Abbotts, Kensington...'

Comments on map:

In Diagrams of the parish of St Mary Abbotts, Kensington: published under the authority of the Board of Trustees, October, 1846, printed by A. Peers, Brompton: 199 pages of double lines with house-numbers and occasional other buildings, e.g. pubs, and some branch roads. Questionable how far it is a map, but unquestionably very interesting.

Map-maker:

A. Peers, Selwood Terrace, Brompton [pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13 x 21 [x 199]

Number of parts:

199

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally, house numbers

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., stables/coach houses: Stables.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas mains, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

BL 10350.d.15, CUL Atlas.6.84.15.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Workshops, Coach factories, Floor Cloth Manufactory, Flock Hill, Coal Depot, Engine Houses.

Gardens:

market gardens, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Road transport:

misc: Booking Office, Carriers' Sheds.

Miscellaneous service buildings:

[Livery Stables].

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping, pounds/pinfolds: [Cow Lair].

Cemeteries:

shown

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