Kent-Dover-1737 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21167

Map Date:

1737

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.16.46, Table 2

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Dover

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR 318416

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 3247

Map title:

'Plan of the town, harbour and fortifications of Dover, 1737'.

Comments on map:

Usual Board of Ordnance style (lack of urban detail apart from frontages), and no doubt authorship.

Scale:

1:2400

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

95.0 x 56.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, steps to buildings

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, quays

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Pump.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Victualling Office. [Castle mapped in some detail, including Well: several batteries with guns in plan].

Welfare and charitable:

misc: Maison Dieu.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.16.46, Table 2; BL 2367.a.10, TNA [PRO] Library [in S.P.H. Statham, History... of Dover, London, Longman, 1899, f.p.104]; Centre for Kentish Studies 17/39 [presumably this?]; Dover LS MCD 4 [copy]; East Kent Archives DHB.

Industry:

lime/cement, rope walk

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Priory.

Relief:

prominent hills, cliffs: [Rocky cliffs].

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous physical features:

Devils Drop.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Arable and grass.

Ordnance Survey's

1858-9

1:500

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1881-4

1:500

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560