Kent-Chatham-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

03694

Map Date:

1842

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/17/80

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Chatham

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ756678

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7569

Comments on map:

The 'country' part is at 1:2376.

Scale:

1:1188

Map-maker:

R.B. George, Rochester [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

2

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards, wharfs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Churches in the 'Town' part coloured brown.

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/17/80, Centre for Kentish Studies CTR 85 A-C.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1861-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560