Kent-Sheerness-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

03867

Map Date:

1842

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/17/253, TNA [PRO] IR 77/36

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Sheerness

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ915751

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 8968

Comments on map:

Minster, in Sheppey, tithe map: dockyard and garrison areas are not mapped in detail.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

R.B. George [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished

Defence and military:

magazines/arsenals, misc.: Guard House.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 77/36, Centre for Kentish Studies U.806.T.127B [original]; TNA [PRO] IR 30/17/253 [1916: transcript, ? by OS]; TNA [PRO] MR 1/1258 [coloured tracing].

Waterbodies:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1861-2

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560