Sussex-Winchelsea-1763
CBTM:
21317
Map Date:
1763
Repository reference:
East Sussex RO Winchelsea Corporation MS 2315
Historic county:
Sussex
Town name:
Winchelsea
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ150030
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 9119
Map title:
'A map of the antient town of Winchelsea in the county of Sussex taken from an actual measurement by Mr E. Wardroper MDCCLXIII.'
Comments on map:
Damaged in parts and not very legible.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Charles Stephens [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
80.5 x 66.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours: Owners.
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water, owners, decorative
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named wells.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
East Sussex RO Winchelsea Corp MS 2315.
Miscellaneous:
The various 'squares' are named.
Antiquities:
Round Tower, monastic remains.
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Three: also banners round two adjoining owners.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Map material:
parchment
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1872
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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