Westmorland-Kendal-1787
CBTM:
19678
Map Date:
1787
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 183.q.1.(29)
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 in the county of Westmorland from an actual survey anno 1787 by John Todd.'
Scale:
1:1980
Map-maker:
John Todd [author: no other details].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
73.7 x 53.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
fairgrounds, markets: [Beast Fair].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 183.q.1(29), BOL Gough Maps Westmorland 4, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/131.
Industry:
food/drink, textiles: Parts of map dominated by tenters.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Incumbent, Abbot Hall].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Baroque, with trees.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
In bottom half of map: west view of church; south-west view of castle; east view of Abbot Hall.
Symbolic elements:
Trees: in cartouche.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1857-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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