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Sussex LIX.5 (includes: Fairlight; Pett) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX.5 (includes: Fairlight; Pett) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX.5 (includes: Fairlight; Pett) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX.5 (includes: Fairlight; Pett) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey

Sussex LIX - OS Six-Inch Map

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Fairlight (East Sussex)

1 : 21120 This outline plan in black and white ink follows the East Sussex coastline from Fairlight, at the bottom, to Beckley and Northiam, at the top. Such drawings represent the halfway point between the original protraction and the 'fair copy', and give no indication of relative relief. Triangles ruled in red ink cover the map, revealing the angular measurements taken to plot the location of individual topographical features.

Rye (Sussex)

This plan of the Sussex coast from Fairlight to Rye Bay is made up of two separate sheets of paper joined together, with detail extending over the joins. It was drawn on rectangular sheet lines and is enclosed by a black border. Fields are coloured brown where cultivated, and green or black where untilled. Stone structures are coloured red, something particularly noticeable in the depiction of buildings in the major settlements of Winchelsea and Rye. Produced against the background of the Napoleonic Wars, the drawings exhibit the concern with defence, particularly along the vulnerable south coast. A military battery is documented at Pier Head below Rye. This drawing was produced before the digging of the Royal Military Canal was approved by the government.

Survey of the Sussex Coast, from Barnham Mille to Rye

This is part of a survey of the Sussex coast made by Sir Thomas Palmer Knight and Walter Coverte and records the section of the coast from Barnham Mille to Rye. Sir Thomas Palmer Knight and Walter Coverte were Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex and its coast line. This survey was made in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the year 1578 and is endorsed almost certainly by Nicholas Reynolds 1587. It contains five coloured maps of the coast and inland places of Sussex from Thorney and Selsey Bill to Winchelsea and Camber Castle. Details include compass roses and scale bars in colour. It includes a scale bar showing 'Englishe Myles': 6 miles = 190mm, equating to approximately 1:50688 miles. This survey by Palmer and Covert was commissioned in order to build up defences against the Spanish Armada. Since the accession of the Protestant Elizabeth I the Anglo-Spanish relaionship had deteriorated. Raids on transatlantic shipping by English seamen such as Francis Drake and England’s support of the Protestant rebellion in the Spanish ruled Netherlands inflamed matters further and the Catholic Philip II was induced to invade. The survey is drawn in ink and colour washes on vellum, and features descriptions of coastal locations. The concern with defence is apparent here as the draughtsman has included the beacon network of the area. Windmills in the area are also noted. Due to their height these could also be used as vantage points. Locations of battery's or arsenal stores are recorded by a group of three triangles. Camber Castle is also shown. This was one of the defences built to defend the coast after Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain signed a peace treaty in 1538, making an invasion of England by their combined forces probable. Information is recorded in a secretary hand with the title and place names in italic. Palmer, Sir Thomas, Coverte, Walter and Reynolds, Nicholas

Hastings (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Hastings (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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A Chart of Rye Harbour, the Island of Oxney, and the Adjacent Country

This is a map of Rye Harbour and the Isle of Oxney, dating from around 1600. Positioned on the estuary of the River Rother, Rye affords a clear view of the Romney Marches, making it a valuable post for coastal defence. Places are represented by elevation views of buildings. The concern with coastal defence at this date was due to England’s continuing war with Spain. Although the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588 Philip II attempted further invasions during the 1590’s. A scale bar showing ‘myles and furlonges’ is included. The practical use of this map is hinted at by the differentiation in the presentation of domestic townscape views, shown in pictorial elevation, and the plan form that represents Camber Castle, a defensive military structure. A scale bar showing ‘myles and furlonges’ is included.

The description of Romney Marsh, Walland, Marshy, Denge and Gulforde marsh, with the divisions of their waterings, heads, armes, principal sewers and their gutts

This is a map of the Romney Marsh area, dating from around 1590. It shows the network of sewers and waterways in the area and is principally concerned with drainage. The locations of bridges are carefully recorded. The topography of the landscape is depicted with hills, trees, churches, towns, villages and windmills shown pictorially. A small island in the sea records the location where a village once stood. Camber castle is shown and the draughtsman has attempted to indicate the actual architectural features of the castle.

Hastings - OS One-Inch Map

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Suthsexia vernacule Sussex

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 36 x 49 cm Valck; Schenk apud Gerardum Valk et Petrum Schenk

Svthsexia; vernacule Svssex

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 51 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu

Kent, Sheet 31 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

1 : 126720 Topographic maps Bartholomew, John George John Bartholomew & Co

Provincia di Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 18 x 29 cm Zatta; Zuliani; Pitteri presso Antonio Zatta

A map of the county of Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 49 x 70 cm Kitchin; Dury; Andrews; Herbert A. Dury

An accurate map of the county of Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 50 x 69 cm Bowen; Hinton sold by J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard

Cantivm vernacule Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 51 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu

Sheets 17-18. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835

Kent

Stent, Peter, Symonson, Philip and Whitwell, Charles Ordnance Survey

Der Kanal

1 : 150000 Dover (Anglie) Reichs-Marine-Amt

A Coloured Chart of the Course of the Rivers Thames and Medway, and of the Coasts of Kent and Sussex to Shoreham, with an Account of the Tides

This manuscript map of the south-east coast of England can be dated to around 1596. Although unsigned the handwriting suggests a possible attribution to [William] Borough who is known for his work as a harbour consultant .The map is concerned with the defence of the Thames and of London itself which was threatened by the Anglo-Spanish war. Raids on transatlantic shipping by English seamen such as Francis Drake and England’s support of the Protestant rebellion in the Spanish ruled Netherlands had induced the Catholic Philip II to plan an invasion of England. Although the Spanish armada was defeated by the English in 1588, England remained at war with Spain for many years and further attempts to invade were made by Philip of Spain. It is thought that this map was drawn between the dispersal of the "second Armada" in October 1596 and the assembly of the third Armada’ in the following spring. The draughtsman has borrowed topographical and hydrographic information from contemporary sources, maps by Symonson and Robert Norman. The careful attention given to the coast line around Rye and the differentiation between the original line of the cliffs and the deposits which created Romney Marsh is striking. [Borough, William]