Kent-Wye-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

04020

Map Date:

1840

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/17/406

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Wye

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TR054469

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TR 0445

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

J.M. Davey, Canterbury [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

2

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished

Mills:

windmills, (unspecified type), (symbol)

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Well.

Welfare and charitable:

misc: College.

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/17/406 [original]; Centre for Kentish Studies U.1772.P61,6 [copy].

Industry:

lime/cement

Antiquities:

Giants Grave, Roman Camp.

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: A plain oval cartouche containing summary acreages and a ruler-style scale bar have been printed separately and stuck on.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

kennels

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1871-2

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560