Kent-Sheerness-1725 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20998

Map Date:

1725

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.17.14

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Sheerness

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ915751

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 8968

Map title:

'A plan of Sheerness at the mouth of the River Medway 1725.'

Comments on map:

Usual Board of Ordnance style. 'Town' area may be omitted: fort and marshes are shown in detail.

Scale:

1:4800

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

72.5 x 51.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, general highlighting of district

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls: The various buildings inside named in detail.

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.17.14.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Ordnance Survey's

1861-2

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560