Kent-Faversham-1770 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18314

Map Date:

? 1770

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] MPH 1/417

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Faversham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR015615

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 0161

Map title:

'An accurate plan of the town of Faversham in the county of Kent an antient member of the Cinque Ports'.

Comments on map:

Main title is surrounded by seven seals: three 'scrolls' provide supplementary information: (1) top left is detailed description of the course of the boundaries; (2) top centre is the bearings from one boundary stone to the next, in degrees and minutes; (3) bottom right is reference to lower-case letters for buildings, etc.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Edwd. Jacob [?], I. Hilton [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

93.7 x 54.4

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

uncertain: Evidently of 'the town'.

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] MPH 1/417; BLML K.Top.16.53, BOL Gough Maps Kent 38,39, Gough Kent 14 ['1774']; Centre for Kentish Studies TR 1728/2 [photo].

River and foreshore features:

sluices, springs, misc: Chalybeate spring.

Gardens:

F

Magnetic data:

diagram, value (undated): Magnetic north 17.00 west.

Landowners and occupiers:

corporation/municipal: [Corporation houses].

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: abbey ruins.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Crosses:

cross

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Ships in river.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal, misc: Cinque Ports arms and seals.

Dedicee of map:

Lewis Watson, MP for Kent and Lord of the Manor of Faversham.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1865

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560