Kent-Sheerness: Blue Town-1811
CBTM:
18613
Map Date:
? 1811
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1214
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Sheerness: Blue Town
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ913752
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 8968
Comments on map:
Beach shown in some detail, and noted as surveyed 28 February 1811. Garrison and dockyard areas shown in considerable detail.
Scale:
1:1200
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
109 x 118
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water, land-use
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: 'Old Forest' with numerous recumbent treetrunks on one of the wharves.
Defence and military:
misc.: Guard House, Shed for Field Train.
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MR 1/1214.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown: With allocatee (chaplain, C.R.E., etc).
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1861-2
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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