Kent-Rochester-1828 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21537

Map Date:

1828

Repository reference:

Medway Archives MP/P/3/1

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Rochester, Strood

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ742686

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 7569

Map title:

'A map of the boundary line of the parish of Saint Margaret within and without the City of Rochester also describing the boundaries of the said City and the adjacent parishes

Comments on map:

Areas away from built-up area and boundary not mapped in detail. from municipal records, and presumably made for 'public' purposes.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Henry Bushell, Surveyor, Rochester [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

138 x 99

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries: Reference of areas includes note of boundary colours.

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative: Arable and grass distinguished.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, wharfs, misc: Hard.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Victualling Office.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

Medway Archives MP/P/3/1.

Industry:

lime/cement

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

decorative: Multi-colour sienna-brown.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Ordnance Survey's

1861-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1885

1:500

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560