Kent-Rochester-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21381

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Rochester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ318416

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7569

Map title:

[Top centre, in cartouche:] 'Rochestria.' [Bottom left, unframed:] 'Rochester'.

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 298. Marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:5280*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.8 x 11.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen. Top. 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24.

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Relief:

'molehills': [For castle].

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Shipping in river; animals in fields.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1861-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1885

1:500

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560