The Sevenoaks, Woodsgate, Tunbridge Wells And Kippings Cross, And The Tunbridge Wells – Woodsgate Turnpike Roads. C.1845..
Bound in later brown buckram. Hand labelled on front board by Irwood. Linen maps are stained and show signs of much use, presumably having been employed in the field.
£350.00
Details
MANUSCRIPT TURNPIKE MAP. c. 1843
Date
c.1845 [Notice, 1828].
Synopsis
[pasted to front endpaper: printed notice of meeting of turnpike trustees, tonbridge, 1828}.
Item Description
Large square folio. 19.5 x 19 inches (boards). 6 manuscript maps (numbered by Elliston Irwood), in double linen sheets, with hand coloured and lettered plans of turnpike roads running from sheet to sheet.
Notes
The route of the turnpike is shown from just north of the Sevenoaks/Tonbridge boundaries, via Watts Cross and Hildenborough, through Tonbridge Town, and via Quarry Hill, Bounds Corner, Castle Hill, Fairthorne Gate and Southborough to Woodsgate. The final map shows the section from Woodsgate to Kippings Cross. The Turnpike Trust to improve the road between Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells via Tunbridge and Woodsgate was established by an Act of 1709, which was enlarged by the subsequent Acts of 1724 (creating also a short extension from Woodsgate to Kippings Cross) and of 1740. The depiction of Tonbridge railway station on map 3 confirms a date after 1842. A scarce example of a turnpike map provided for practical use by the officers of the Trustees.
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