Westmorland-Kendal-1833 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19936

Map Date:

1833

Repository reference:

[Private collection]

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 made by John Wood 1833.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photographic reproduction published by the Curwen Archives Trust, n.d., which seems to have been enlarged by 20 per cent: provenance of original unknown. Usual Wood style, except for 'arable' effect in fields.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

John Wood, Northallerton, Yorkshire [sv, pb], W. Murphy, Edinr. [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41 x 61

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, warehousing

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

Westmorland RO [photocopy].

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, textiles, misc: Carpet Manufactory; Tenter Fell, but no tenters (in contrast to Exeter 19937).

River and foreshore features:

misc: Anchorites Well [doubles as well and house].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Magnetic data:

diagram

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown: [Fairly general].

Relief:

prominent hills

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560