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Surrey 1835

Introduction - Description - Abbreviations and locations - Surrounding counties - Maps - Home page

Introduction

Graphics linked from the maps section of this page produce a large print map of Surrey in 1835, a tactile map with braille lettering, and a key to the tactile map. This page explains and describes the maps. Towns shown are parliamentary boroughs and polling places in 1835. The Description section says what is on the map. The Abbreviations section gives locations within the county. The page Surrey and Parliament 1835 gives information on the parliamentary status of places. The Maps section has links to the maps, which are in pdf (Acrobat) format, and to a page describing the way to produce a tactile map with braille letters from the pdf file. On another page is a general introduction to this series of maps of the English counties which are intended to be accessible to blind and partially sighted people. The Genuki pages for Surrey have more information about the county, and its records.

Description

There is a solid circle at the top left of the map. The title follows it at the top of the map, which is the North.The county boundary is shown by a dotted line. The Chapman County Code SRY is in large letters in the top left corner of the map. Places are shown by large dots. For this county, towns outside the London area have their names in full. Places within the London area at the top right (North East) of the county which are polling places for the Surrey parliamentary elections are shown with a 2 letter abbreviation of the name nearby. A ten mile scale bar is in the bottom right corner. Surrey is an inland county, about 40 miles east to west by about 25 miles north to south.

Abbreviations and locations

Towns outside the London area, names in full

Three towns are about a third of the way up the county

Guildford - on the left

Dorking - central

Reigate - on the right

Three towns are near the top of the county

Chertsey - on the left, close to the county boundary

Kingston - in the centre, close to the county boundary

Croydon - on the right, further down than Kingston

Polling places in the London area, two letter abbreviations

In the list below the two letter abbreviation is given first, then the place name, then the position on the map within the county. All three are in the top right corner of the county.

CA Camberwell - abbreviation within the county boundary, below the other two places.

LA Lambeth - abbreviation above the county boundary

SO Southwark - abbreviation above the county boundary to right of Lambeth

Surrounding counties

Names of surrounding counties surrounding Surrey are not shown on the map. The Northern boundary is the River Thames, with many bends, with Middlesex to the North. To the East is Kent. To the South is Sussex. Two counties are to the West, with Hampshire South of Berkshire.

Maps

Graphic of Tactile map with braille names (pdf file)

Graphic of key in braille (pdf file)

Instructions for making a tactile map

Large print map (pdf file)

A single copy of this page can be made by or for any individual user. If you wish to make multiple copies or modifications, please contact David Hawgood - email david at hawgood dot com - I will normally give permission but I wish to know what use is being made of the maps. I also welcome comments.