Westmorland-Kendal-1770 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19683

Map Date:

1770

Repository reference:

BLML Maps c.11.d.9

Historic county:

Westmorland

Town name:

Kendal

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD517921

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 4696

Map title:

'A plan of Kendal'.

Comments on map:

Inset on Jeffreys's map of Westmorland, surveyed 1768, published 1770.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Thomas Jeffreys [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

27.0 x 42.5 [maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps c.11.d.9, BOL Gough Maps Westmorland 3, CUL Maps.R.a.34 [1770]; BLML Maps 5605(1), BOL C17 a.10, CUL Maps.aa.90.80.1, RGS Eng & Wales D.92 [1800].

Industry:

food/drink: [A brewery: absence of tenters is notable, compared with Todd [Exeter 19677]].

Gardens:

shown: [Not many compared with Exeter 19678: includes Common Garden at north end of town].

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents: [Incumbent and Abbot Hall only].

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Symbolic elements:

Crossed poles and intertwined ? laurel or olive at top of map.

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560