Kent-Sandwich-1787 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21479

Map Date:

1787

Repository reference:

BL 10358.l.62

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Sandwich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR331581

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 3355

Map title:

'A plan of the town of Sandwich. 1787.'

Comments on map:

F.p. 790 in William Boys, Collections for a history of Sandwich..., Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby & Jones, 1792.

Scale:

1:5544

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.8 x 15.5 [map: plate 24.3 x 18.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

town gates

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

boundary markers: [One only].

Known copies of map:

BL 10358.l.62, 454.c.20, 190.d.14, BOL Gough Kent 22.

River and foreshore features:

sluices

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Some indications of ecclesiastical and corporate owners].

Ordnance Survey's

1871

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560