Essex-Harwich-1808 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18594

Map Date:

1808

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/299

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 Peninsula of Harwich surveyed by James W. Anderson R.M.S.D. 1808.'

Scale:

1:2400

Map-maker:

James W. Anderson, R.M.S.D. [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96.0 x 55.3 [cropped].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, land-use: Ordnance buildings grey.

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards, misc: Signal Station.

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals, misc.: [Barracks with Hospital]; Ordnance Depot, Coal Depot.

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/299.

Industry:

lime/cement, ship yards, rope walk

Relief:

slopes shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Old Road.

Ordnance Survey's

1861

1:2500

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560