Maps of Mid Sussex
London passenger transport map
Ordnance Survey
A sketch of the roads within fourteen miles of Tunbridge Wells
1 : 100000 Brackett, William Clifford, J J. Clifford
Tunbridge Wells (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series
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Tunbridge Wells (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series
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East Grinstead 19
1 : 31680 A blue watercolour wash has been used here to describe relief, with the summits of hills left bare. Dense forestation in the area is indicated by rashes of small trees. Main communication routes are coloured buff-yellow, conforming to military cartographic convention. A red pecked line describes the county boundary.
Eridge Park
1 : 31680 .This plan of the hilly Weald of Sussex runs from Maresfield and Rotherfield on the left of the map, past East Hoathly at the central bottom, to Wadhurst and Dallington on the right. The village of Frant, home of the Ordnance Survey draughtsman, Charles Budgen, appears at the top of the plan. .The location of wooded areas was of great importance in planning a military campaign. Woods could either hinder progress or provide cover for the movement of a regiment. Hence the painstaking detail with which woodland is drawn. Single trees, and those in small orchards or lining avenues, are drawn with a thin trunk and shadow. More densely forested areas are represented by treetops alone. Budgen, Thomas
Sevenoaks (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series
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Sevenoaks (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series
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Maresfield
This drawing shows different stages of the drawing process. The lower section of the drawing is complete, with place names recorded and brushwork interlining ('hachuring') depicting the relief of the land. The other half of the drawing is unfinished. No record of the steepness of the land has been made and place names are absent. This gives us an idea of the order in which draughtsmen recorded different types of information. A pencil note records that this drawing was published in 1813.
Tunbridge Wells (Kent)
This drawing shows the area around Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The town itself is indicated by red blocks, with the surrounding forests and downs depicted by various green washes. Brushwork interlinging and shading ('hachuring') records relative relief. It is in this area in particular that the Ordnance Survey drawings surpass earlier county maps. The draughtsman has represented individual trees forming avenues and blocks, notably in Eridge Park.
TQ54 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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TQ53 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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TQ44 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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TQ43 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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TQ34 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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TQ33 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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A topographical-map, of the county of Kent, 11
1 Blatt : 54 x 69 cm A. Dury, W. Herbert
Penshurst (Kent)
1 : 21120 Drawing showing the area to the west of Penshurst in Kent. The lack of hill sketching suggests this is an intermediate version rather than a completed drawing. Woodland is indicated by meticulous renderings of individual trees. Stone walls, indicated in red ink, mark field boundaries. A pest house ("Pest Ho") is noted to the left of Sevenoaks Common. The pest house provided shelter for people afflicted by plague and other infectious diseases at a safe distance from the densely populated town.
Tonbridge (Kent)(002OSD000000005U00354000)
1 : 21120 Drawing showing the area around Tonbridge in Kent. The lack of hill sketching on this drawing suggests an intermediate rather than a finished plan. Field boundaries, woodland and buildings are intricately presented. Individual trees are meticulously drawn along the avenue in Knowle Park. Measurements in ink are given in the bottom left of this drawing. A triangulation diagram appears on the reverse of the manuscript. This was used by the draughtsman to plot topographical features.
TQ32 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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Sevenoaks (Kent)
1 : 21120 Drawing showing the area to the southwest of Sevenoaks. A note in the bottom right corner confirms that this is a field sketch. The loose drawing style contrasts greatly with the later, more finished drawings.
TQ42 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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Tonbridge (Kent)(002OSD000000005U00352000)
1 : 21120 Drawing showing the area around Tonbridge in Kent. Annotations in ink confirm these drawings as being field sketches. The loose nature of the hill sketching contrasts with that of later, finished drawings. A cross marked Bluborough indicates an observation station from which angular measurements were taken during the surveying.
TQ63 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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TQ52 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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TQ64 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
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Penshurst Park, Kent
1 : 21120 Drawing of the area around Penshurst Park, to the west of Tonbridge in Kent. Although this field sketch appears loosely drawn, it includes carefully observed details such as the layout of avenues of trees in Penshurst Park itself.
Kent XLIX - OS Six-Inch Map
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Kent LIX - OS Six-Inch Map
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