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Westmorland-Kendal-1853

CBTM:
19937
Map Date:
1853
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 the town of Kendal in the county of Westmorland from an actual survey by Henry Hoggarth 1853'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from photographic reproduction purchased from Westmorland Record Office, n.d., no publisher: provenance of original unknown.
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
Henry Hoggarth [sv], Waterlow & Sons, London [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
58.8 x 87.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
Buildings
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown, warehousing, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: A few named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Anglican named in gothic.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
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:
engineering, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, uncertain, rope walk, textiles, misc: Carpet Manufty.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations: Animal pens [not described]. No rails under roofs, and apparently no crossover between the up and down lines.
River and foreshore features:
misc: Anchorites Well.
Gardens:
shown, misc: 'Common Garden or Nursery Ground'.
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown: [Rather similar to John Wood].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Relief:
prominent hills
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
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
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