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Brand / Publisher: County Hotel, Canterbury, featuring the Kent \"Invicta\" white horse crest; tourist city map and information brochure produced for the hotel and published by S. M. Batkin, 75 Church Road, London, NW4 4DP, and printed by Hillary Press Ltd., 1973 (printer code 1188/HMG11/280373).
Item: Vintage County Hotel Canterbury folding city street map and guest information brochure combining a central plan of Canterbury with local business advertisements and hotel details, intended for visitors and hotel guests.
Country / Region: Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom, focusing on the historic city centre around the cathedral, High Street, and railway station. Country of origin: United Kingdom.
Format: Single double-sided paper sheet printed in blue and red on white stock, folding down to a small rectangular brochure. Front cover panel carries the Invicta white horse device over a blue ground with \"County Hotel Canterbury\" title, High Street address, telephone listing \"Canterbury (Code 0227) 66266,\" and spaces to write room number, rate, and guest name.
Reverse exterior panel shows the SMB bat logo above the publisher and printer credits, while adjoining panels provide hotel text describing the County Hotel as one of Canterbury\'s oldest places of rest and refreshment along with printed breakfast, luncheon, afternoon tea, and dinner serving times and notes about newspapers, early calls, and reception notices.
Interior map side presents a detailed street plan of central Canterbury with the cathedral, County Hotel, railway station, principal streets, and car parks marked, surrounded by boxed advertisements for local shops and services such as Musket & Pistols antique arms, The Aristocrat gift shop, Kathleen Young Hats, F. W. Day jewellers, Canterbury Beauty Saloon, Arabesque for clothes, Dilkes antiques, Bryan Cowley Photographics, The Golden Fleece, and others.
Additional interior panels highlight a mini-bus service with telephone Canterbury 64733 and a \"Some of the Nearby Places of Interest\" section listing destinations including Charing, Chilham, Dover, Ebbsfleet, Hythe, Reculver, Richborough Castle, Sandwich, and Walmer, alongside further advertising for local garages, boutiques, and businesses.
Well-suited for collectors of Canterbury and Kent ephemera, vintage British hotel memorabilia, and mid-20th-century United Kingdom tourist city maps and travel brochures.
