Robinson and Old Peak Roads with house names | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Robinson and Old Peak Roads with house names

Robinson and Old Peak Roads with house names
Submitted by annelisec

I have taken the PRO map, rotated it, added house numbers and a key to the house names.

Colour code:

Old Peak Road - Purple
Robinson Road - Turquoise
Garden Road - Brown

 

Key 1901 Map - sheet 12

(Old) Peak Road

 2 - Norman Cottage
 3 - Upper Albany (part)
 4 - Stillingflete
 5 - Upper Albany (part)
 6 - Belle Vue
 7 - Kurranjeen
 8 - Derrington
 9 - Devonia
    Queen's Garden (1-10)
    Ladies Recreation Club
10 - Macomer
11 - Blue Bungalow
12 - Luginsland (part)
13 - (Charter House)
14 - Lunginsland (part)
16 - St. Andrews

Robinson Road

 1 - Stonehenge
 2 - St. Joseph's College
    Belilios Terrace
 4 - The Bungalow
 3 - Rocklands
 5 - Benfica
 7 - Richmond House
 9 - Garden Lodge
11 - Eureka
     Elliott Crescent

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Tuesday, January 1, 1901
  • Log in or register to post comments

Comments

Submitted by David on Thu, 2010-10-28 18:12.

Annelise,

A very handy reference to have, but I don't see the benefit from rotating the map. That makes it 180 degrees different from every other map we use. I have to make a mental rotation back again each time I look at it, so I can work out where the numbered building is on those maps.

Any strong reasons to rotate the map?

Regards, David

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-10-28 22:14.


It is just a personal preference. 

For me "up" (the top of the map) should be the Peak.   I find it more comfortable looking at things that way, because that is the way I always perceived the lay of the land as a child.

Submitted by David on Thu, 2010-10-28 22:14.

Aha, that makes sense - whereas I usually turn to maps first.

Thanks for the explanation.