Essex-Harwich-1780
CBTM:
18593
Map Date:
? 1780
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1237
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:
'Harwich survey'd, with the King's lands lately purchased for a fortification...'
Comments on map:
Dating rather tentative.
Scale:
1:1200
Map-maker:
Board of Ordnance [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
133.7 x 96.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Crown buildings &c shown in more detail than rest.
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
breakwaters, groynes, lighthouses, quays, naval dockyards, misc: Ships shown in plan, acting as breakwater, Oysterhouses.
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Fresh water pumps.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1237.
River and foreshore features:
sluices
Gardens:
shown
Relief:
slopes shown
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Abandoned roads.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
misc: Two mangers in one field.
Walls, embankments, etc:
Old ditch and earthworks.
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
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