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The Medway Towns 1893
The Medway Towns in 1893 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous “Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England and Wales in the second half of 19th and early 20th century.The map covers the area of north Kent from the Medway towns eastward to Sittingbourne, and northward to Sheerness and the western half of the Isle of Sheppey. Locations on the map include Allhallows, Bapchild, Borden, Bredgar, Bredhurst, Brompton, Burham, Chatham, Cliffe, Cooling, Cuxton, East Tilbury, Frindsbury, Gillingham, Grain, Hartlip, High Halstow, Higham or Church Street, Hoo, Iwade, Linsted, Lower Halling, Lower Halstow, Milton, Minster, Murston, Newington, Queenborough, Rainham, Rochester, Rodmersham, Stone, Snodland, St Mary Hoo, Stockbury, Stoke, Strood, Teynham, Tonge, Tunstall, Upchurch and Wouldham. On the reverse is a detailed map of Minster. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), and offer historical mapping for small towns and villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes and most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area.To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.