Kent-Woolwich-1749
CBTM:
21000
Map Date:
7.1749
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.17.21
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Woolwich
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ433788
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 4077
Map title:
'An accurate plan of the town of Woolwich, his Majesty's dock yard & rope walk surveyed by John Barker with the plan of the warren as surveyed 1748...'
Comments on map:
Not quite the usual Board of Ordnance style. Drawn July 1749. A larger-scale (1:1260) plan of the Warren [outside the town] is at BLML K.Top.17.22.
Scale:
1:2160
Map-maker:
John Barker [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
69.0 x 43.3 [overall: map 69.0 x 37.3].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
magazines/arsenals: [Royal Arsenal: the various interior parts named].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.17.21 [original]; Greenwich; Centre for Kentish Studies TR P 167/1 [? copy].
Industry:
engineering, rope walk
Gardens:
shown
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [A few owners, mostly of sand pits].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: Royal Academy, Laboratory, &c, from Prince Ruperts Walk.
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits: [Sand pits].
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Stated measuerments:
other: Note that the Thames at the Warren is 540 yards wide.
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1866-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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