Kent-Wye-1746
CBTM:
18320
Map Date:
1746
Repository reference:
[Private collection]
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Wye
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TR054469
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TR 0445
Map title:
'A Plan of Wye Town 1746'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from Kent County Council reproduction. Definitely a 'charming' map.
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
Michael Moon Pinx [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
59.3 X 41.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories: [Both prison and 'Dungeon'].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, landmark tree, orchards: [Yew Tree at cross-roads; one orchard is annotated 'Cherry Garden'].
Known copies of map:
Centre for Kentish Studies TRP 617/2.
River and foreshore features:
springs
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Symbolic elements:
Dividers: above scale.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Pictorial bridge.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Map material:
parchment
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: What appear to be projections from some buildings are perhaps indicative of either suspended signs, or bushes.
Ordnance Survey's
1871-2
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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