Westmorland-Kendal-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19044

Map Date:

1832

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/13

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:

'Plan of Kendal, engraved for the Annals of Kendal, 1832.'

Scale:

1:8448

Map-maker:

G.H. Johnson [author], Franks & Johnson, Wakefield [eng], Hudson & Nicholson, Kendal [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

36.9 x 19.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/13.

Industry:

textiles: [Tenters].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: 'Kendal Church'; 'Kendale from 'Speed's Topography', 1614': retains the original's staffage, and has reference to 32 features on the map.

Borders:

decorative

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560