Kent-Chatham-1863
CBTM:
18505
Map Date:
10.6.1863
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] WO 78/596
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
Map title:
'Thames & Medway showing the fortifications existing and in progress 1863.'
Comments on map:
Photozincographed from 1:2500s: signed by Henry James. Looks as though could be from 1:10,560 compilations. North shore of Thames from Admiralty charts. Whole or part of Kent 1:10,560 sheets 4-6, 10-14, 18-20; uses 1:10,560 sheetlines. Dockyard not described: nothing 'urban' in great detail. Grey hill-shading in manuscript.
Scale:
1:21,120
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
166 x 96
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, land-use: Woods & foreshore.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] WO 78/596.
Industry:
metallurgical processing
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Relief:
slopes shown: Added in manuscript.
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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