Thames Estuary 1805-1922 (3-map Set)

Product Description

Map No. 178, Thames Estuary 1805-1922 (3-map set), in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring. Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines. Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc. New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage in this title

Includes:: present day Southend-on-Sea, Billericay, Wichford, Basildon, Rayleigh, Hockley, Rochford, South Benfleet, Stanford-le-Hope, East Tilbury, Gravesend, Cliffe, Higham, Allhallows, Hoo St. Werburgh, Grain, Sheerness, Minster, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Newington, Leysdown-on-Sea, Bredhurst, Sittingbourne, Teynham, Faversham, Selling, Maidstone, Offham, Ditton & Snodl&, as well as the Medway Estuary, the Isle of Sheppey, Canvey Island & Foulness Isl&. PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series centring the map on a location of your choice. For more information please click on the link below.