Kent-Chatham-1720
CBTM:
18501
Map Date:
? 1720
Repository reference:
MPHH 1/76
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Chatham, Sheerness, Rochester, Queenborough
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ756678
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 7569
Comments on map:
From chart of whole river from above Rochester to Sheerness. Exeter 18500-02 are all pretty similar, showing Queenborough as a single street, and Sheerness as a fortification without internal detail, but orthography is noticeably different from Exeter 18500. TNA [PRO] catalogue dates it to early 18th century. Scale measured as 3.15 inches to 1 mile, i.e. 1 inch to 558 yards; this has been 'rationalised' to 1 inch to 550 yards, 1:19,800.
Scale:
1:19,800
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
103.0 x 49.0
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Store Houses.
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/76; TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/54 [copy].
Industry:
rope walk
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Relief:
slopes shown
Ordnance Survey's
1861-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1895-6
1:2500
1:10,560
1861-4
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1861-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1885
1:500
1895-6
1:2500
1:10,560
1861-2
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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