Essex-Harwich-1750 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21472

Map Date:

? 1750

Repository reference:

Essex RO [Colchester] D/DU 557/1

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Harwich

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TM260325

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TM 2833

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Harwich with the boundary of the Kings Land'.

Comments on map:

'Copy'd by Tho. Chamberlain at the Office of Ordnance Drawing Room'. Seems to be on the frontiers between military and civil mapping, though style is usual Ordnance, with a lack of 'civil' detail.

Scale:

1:1200

Map-maker:

Tho. Chamberlain [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

133 x 82

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use: Arable and grass distinguished.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

navigation aids, quays, naval dockyards, misc: Various breakwaters, etc (including five ships in plan used as breakwaters), Oyster-houses.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Fresh-water pump.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

misc.: Old ditches.

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Colchester RO D/DU 557/1.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Gardens:

shown: [Fragmentary].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Indications of Crown buildings].

Relief:

slopes shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Ordnance Survey's

1861

1:2500

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560