Kent-Chatham-1782 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22905

Map date:

1782

Repository reference:

BL Add. MS.15533, fo. 58 ['111']

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Chatham, Rochester

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ756678

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7569

Map title:

'Plan of the encampments in the neighbourhood of Chatham under the Command of Majr. Genl. Calcraft from 19th. June to 15th. Novr. 1782.'

Dedicee of map:

[Volume:] The King.

Comments on map:

In volume of plans of 'Encampments and Dispositions of the Army in Great Britain from 1778 to 1782': standard 'Board of Ordnance' style, but all appear to originate from the Quarter-Master General's Department.

Scale:

1:14,400

Map-maker:

Lieut. Paterson, Assist. to the Quar. Mast. Genl. [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.3 x 32.8

Number of parts:

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Rural land-use shown; encampments distinctly coloured.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milestones [pictorial] with distance from London.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Site of camps.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Waterbodies:

shown

Gardens:

shown

Relief:

slopes shown

Known copies of map:

BL Add. MS.15533, fo. 58 ['111'].

Ordnance Survey/s:

1861-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560

1861-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1885

1:500

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560