Kent XLIV.16 (includes: Stalisfield; Throwley; Westwell)

Kent XLIV.16 (includes: Stalisfield; Throwley; Westwell) - 25 Inch Map

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Kent XLIV.16 (includes: Stalisfield; Throwley; Westwell) - 25 Inch Map

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Kent XLIV.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Kent XLIV.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Kent XLIV - OS Six-Inch Map

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Eastling, Kent 27A

1 : 10560 This plan of the east Kent lowlands shows a region characterised by irregularly shaped field boundaries. The drawing is made on rectangular sheet lines, enclosed by a black border. Fields are coloured brown where cultivated, and green or blank if untilled. Stonework buildings or structures are drawn in red ink at the settlements of Eastling and Moldash. Infilled or blocked areas of black or sepia ink denote structures or buildings made from less permanent materials such as wood.

Challock, Kent

1 : 10560 This pencil and ink drawing is a very rough sketch or 'foul plan' of a rural section of the North Downs in Kent. It was drawn on 17 pieces of irregularly cut paper. The map was made in the field by the draughtsman to augment the angle and distance measurements noted in his field books. The detail recorded here was incorporated into the 'fair' drawing, which survives as OSD 109/110/111, serial 380. Pink, George

Eastling, Kent 6

Drawing showing the area around Eastling in Kent. This is an 'outline drawing'. It is uncoloured and has no representation of relative relief. Such drawings represented the halfway stage between the original protraction and the finished darwing. Increasingly sophisticated mapmaking techniques made this intermediate stage redundant by the 1830s. Red lines also feature heavily. Radiating from fixed points, these show the angular measurements taken with a theodolite to enable the surveryor to plot the location of topographical features. Black lines indicate the edges of the area intended to be copied up for the finished drawing. Pink, George

TQ95 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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Chilham, Kent 17

This drawing comprises several sheets of paper joined together. Although roads and field boundaries are shown, much other detail is missing from the drawing and no indication of relief is indicated. Major settlements are named and individual buildings are delineated in red or black, indicating stone or wood structures. A pencil note in the bottom right corner records the publication date and status of the drawing as a proof.

Charing, Kent(002OSD000000017U00375000)

The dominant feature of this drawing is the use of different shades of green to distinguish fields and woods. The draughtsman has depicted individual trees and recorded the position of clearings in Chilham Park. Such detail is testimony to the meticulousness of the Survey. The Stone Street Causeway, a Roman road, is shown to the left of the plan. Connecting Lympne to Canterbury, it is likely to have been the route taken by Henry II's men on their way to murder Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170.

Chatham and Maidstone - OS One-Inch Map

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Hastings - OS One-Inch Map

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Mouths of the Thames and Medway from Ipswich to Sandwich and Maldon and Rochester to the Sea

This is a map showing the mouths of the Thames and the Medway from Ipswich to Sandwich and Maldon and Rochester to the sea. It dates from around 1544 and is annotated Rycherd Cavendishe made this carde’. Richard Cavendish was a master gunner who had supervised new defence works at Berwick and Wark in 1522-3. The map seems to have been made with the purposes of defence and navigation in mind. Coastal forts and navigational channels are shown. The shoreline is exaggerated in order to illustrate clearly how an enemy might move ashore and how they might be stopped. In this case the enemy was England’s ancient adversary France, with whom hostilities had resumed in 1542. This map of the vulnerable south east coast, was made against this historical background. The fear of a French invasion was very real. In 1514 the French had invaded Brighton, and in 1545 French ships entered the Solent and landed on the Isle of Wight. The lines which cover the sea areas of the map are called rhumb lines. These are lines of constant bearing that radiate from compass roses and allow the sailor to plot a course from harbour to harbour using dividers and straight edge. Vignettes of several towns are included on this map, Sandwich, Rochester and Canterbury are shown. The view of Essex is possibly derived from a survey Cavendish made in 1520. Other settlements are formalized showing rows of red roofed houses with a church in the centre. A scale bar annotated by 3’ is included, however, as this occupies a green painted area it is likely that this was added later. Cavendish, Richard

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

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Chart of the mouth of the River Thames, c1540

This map, showing parts of Kent and Sussex, comes from a 16th-century portfolio of coastal charts and drawings It incorporates miniature copies of town plans that are now lost including what are probably the earliest plans of Canterbury, Rochester and Sandwich The mapmaker was Sir Richard Cavendish With its emphasis on sandbanks and beaches, the map was evidently intended for navigation and defence purposes The decorative quality of the map suggests it was meant for the eyes of the king, Henry VIII North is to the left of the map and East to the top, making the map appear on its side to modern eyes Cavendish, Sir Richard