Surrey-Dorking-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20957

Map Date:

? 1887

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5345 (2)

Historic county:

Surrey

Town name:

Dorking

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ163498

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 1652

Map title:

[Cover:] 'W. Raffe's map of Dorking', [map:] 'W. Raffe's map of Dorking, &c.'

Comments on map:

Looks like reduced simplified transcript from OS: clear and competent map. BM RD 29 JUL 1887 blue.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

W. Raffe [Bookseller & Stationer, High St, Dorking] [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.3 x 30.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5345(2).

Industry:

lime/cement: [Lime Works].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

R

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

letter-boxes, post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Guide Post, milestone with distances.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights

Ordnance Survey's

1868

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:2500

1:10,560