Kent-Canterbury-1588
CBTM:
21399
Map Date:
10.10.1588
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 29.b.44
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Canterbury
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TR151579
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TR 1562
Map title:
'Canterbvry.'
Comments on map:
From Henry B. Wheatley and Edmund W. Ashbee, The particular description of England, 1588... by William Smith, Rouge Dragon, London: 'Printed for subscribers only', 1879, Plate XVIII. Scale: 2.25 inches to 1 'Miliaria'.
Scale:
1:10,000*
Map-maker:
W.S. [William Smith] [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
14.0 x 16.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, general highlighting of district, decorative: Green ground-tint.
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 29.b.44, BOL G.A.Gen.Top.4o 265, Canterbury Library [1879]; Canterbury Library [no.4 in Simon Pratt, Maps of Canterbury c.1165 to c.1850, Canterbury Archaeological trust, June 1995, revised January 1997].
Gardens:
shown
Magnetic data:
diagram: True and magnetic north are indicated: 'needle' points to the latter.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Miscellaneous religious group:
The freeyers.
Ordnance Survey's
1871-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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