Kent-Canterbury-1795
CBTM:
20941
Map Date:
1795
Repository reference:
BL 979.i.4
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Canterbury
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TR151579
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TR 1562
Map title:
'A plan of the antient city of Canterbury in the county of Kent A.D.MDCCLXXVII, shewing the several precincts and liberties within the said city which are exempt from its jurisdiction together with the remains of St Augustine's Monastry.'
Comments on map:
In W. Gostling, A walk in and about the city of Canterbury..., Canterbury: Simmons & Kirby, 1777, f.p.1, with reference on separate sheet.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
Bayly [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
38.7 x 30.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries: Of precinct: below 'Arms of the Church'.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences: Numerous buildings in cathedral precinct identified: cloisters
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Canterbury Wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
liberty, misc: City, Precinct.
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.17.G.31 ['1725']; BOL Gough Maps Kent 37 [1774]; BL 290.h.19, BL 979.i.4, G.3967, BOL Douce G.512, BOL Gough Kent 81, Gough Kent 86, CUL Maps.c.17.G.32,1-2 [1777]; BL 577.e.43, Canterbury Library, Warwickshire RO [open access] [1795: in W. Gostling, A walk in and about... Canterbury, 2nd edn, 1796]; Canterbury Library [1795/1995: no.12 in Simon Pratt, Maps of Canterbury c.1165 to c.1850, Canterbury Archaeological trust, June 1995, revised January 1997]; BLML Maps 14.b.32, BOL G.A.Kent 8O 755 [ed 5, 1805]; RGS Eng & Wales S.670 [Whitehall Press, c.1978]; Centre for Kentish Studies 18/749, Canterbury Library [Kent CC, 1984]; Canterbury Library [no.15 in Simon Pratt, Maps of Canterbury c.1165 to c.1850, Canterbury Archaeological trust, June 1995, revised January 1997].
Industry:
paper/print
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Antiquities:
Monastic and other remains.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Archbishop Abbot's conduit; top right: old church of St Andrew; bottom: steeple of St Georges; bottom right: North View of St Augustine's Monastry.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Public Walks.
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal: [Including 'Arms of the Church'].
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Hops shown by symbol.
Ordnance Survey's
1871-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1871-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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